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.
NECESSITUDE
Ne*ces"si*tude, n. Etym: [L. necessitudo, fr. necesse. See Necessray.]
1. Necessitousness; want. Sir M. Hale.
2. Necessary connection or relation. Between kings and their people, parents and their children, there is so great a necessitude, propriety, and intercourse of nature. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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