There are four varieties of commercially viable coffee: Arabica, Liberica, Excelsa, and Robusta. Growers predominantly plant the Arabica species. Although less popular, Robusta tastes slightly more bitter and contains more caffeine.
LEXICOLOGY
lexicology
(noun) the branch of linguistics that studies the lexical component of language
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lexicology (countable and uncountable, plural lexicologies)
(uncountable, linguistics) The part of linguistics that studies words, their nature and meaning, words' elements, relations between words including semantic relations, words groups and the whole lexicon.
(countable) A specific theory concerning the lexicon.
Source: Wiktionary
Lex`i*col"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. lexicologie.]
Definition: The science of the derivation and signification of words; that branch of learning which treats of the signification and application of words.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INSIGNIFICANTLY
(adverb) not to a significant degree or amount; “our budget will only be insignificantly affected by these new cuts”
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