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.
LIGNOSES
Noun
lignoses
plural of lignose
Anagrams
• Gosselin, loginess, sloe gins
Source: Wiktionary
LIGNOSE
Lig*nose`, Lig"nous, a. Etym: [L. lignosus, fr. lignum wood: cf. F. ligneux. Cf. Ligneous.]
Definition: Ligneous. [R.] Evelyn.
Lig"nose`, n.
1. (Bot.)
Definition: See Lignin.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: An explosive compound of wood fiber and nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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