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.
OBCORDATE
Etymology
Adjective
obcordate (comparative more obcordate, superlative most obcordate)
(botany, of a leaf) Of a reversed cordate shape; heart-shaped but attached to the stalk by the pointed end.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*cor"date, a. Etym: [Pref. ob- + cordate.]
Definition: Heart-shaped, with the attachment at the pointed end; inversely cordate: as, an obcordate petal or leaf.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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