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.
LIVERWORTS
Noun
liverworts
plural of liverwort
Source: Wiktionary
LIVERWORT
Liv"er*wort`, n. (Bot.)
1. A ranunculaceous plant (Anemone Hepatica) with pretty white or bluish flowers and a three-lobed leaf; -- called also squirrel cups.
2. A flowerless plant (Marchantia polymorpha), having an irregularly lobed, spreading, and forking frond.
Note: From this plant many others of the same order (Hepaticæ) have been vaguely called liverworts, esp. those of the tribe Marchantiaceæ. See Illust. of Hepatica.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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