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.
MONOECIOUS
monoecious, monecious, monoicous
(adjective) having male and female reproductive organs in the same plant or animal
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
monoecious (not comparable)
(botany, invertebrate) Having both the male and female reproductive organs in the same individual, either in different flowers or in the same or different flowers; hermaphrodite.
Coordinate terms
• bisexual
• dioecious
• synoecious
• trimonoecious
Source: Wiktionary
Mo*noe"cious, a. (Biol.)
Definition: Having the sexes united in one individual, as when male and female flowers grow upon the same individual plant; hermaphrodite; -- opposed to Ant: dioecious.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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