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.
farinaceous, coarse-grained, grainy, granular, granulose, gritty, mealy
(adjective) composed of or covered with particles resembling meal in texture or consistency; “granular sugar”; “the photographs were grainy and indistinct”; “it left a mealy residue”
mealy
(adjective) containing meal or made of meal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
mealy (comparative mealier, superlative mealiest)
Resembling meal (the foodstuff).
• Lamey, Lemay, Maley, Mayle, amyle, yealm
Mealy (plural Mealys)
A surname.
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Mealy is the 19747th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 1364 individuals. Mealy is most common among White (70.23%) and Black/African American (23.83%) individuals.
• Lamey, Lemay, Maley, Mayle, amyle, yealm
Source: Wiktionary
Meal"y, a. [Compar. Mealier; superl. Mealiest.]
1. Having the qualities of meal; resembling meal; soft, dry, and friable; easily reduced to a condition resembling meal; as, a mealy potato.
2. Overspread with something that resembles meal; as, the mealy wings of an insect. Shak. Mealy bug (Zoöl.), a scale insect (Coccus adonidum, and related species), covered with a white powderlike substance. It is a common pest in hothouses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 December 2024
(noun) Australian tree having hard white timber and glossy green leaves with white flowers followed by one-seeded glossy blue fruit
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.