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.
MOYA
Proper noun
Moya (plural Moyas)
A surname.
Statistics
• According to the 2010 United States Census, Moya is the 2001st most common surname in the United States, belonging to 18071 individuals. Moya is most common among Hispanic/Latino (89.3%) individuals.
Anagrams
• Amoy, Mayo, mayo
Etymology
Said by Century to have originally been applied to mud formed by Pichincha near Quito and to derive from a South American language.
Noun
moya (uncountable)
(obsolete, geology) Flowing mud associated with a volcanic eruption (especially in South America), formed when snow or a lake near a volcano is disrupted, or when rain or steam mixes with soil or ash during an eruption. [from 1800s–1930s]
Synonyms
• mud lava, volcanic mud, tufaceous mud
Anagrams
• Amoy, Mayo, mayo
Source: Wiktionary
Moy"a, n.
Definition: Mud poured out from volcanoes during eruptions; -- so called in South America.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEFT
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
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