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.
LICHENIN
Etymology
Noun
lichenin (plural lichenins)
(carbohydrate) A glucan found in some lichens
Source: Wiktionary
Li"chen*in, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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