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.
OBOLI
OBOLUS
obolus
(noun) a Greek unit of weight equal to one tenth of a gram
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
oboli
plural of obolus
Source: Wiktionary
OBOLUS
Ob"o*lus, n.;pl. Oboli. Etym: [L., fr Gr. ( (Gr.Antiq.) (a) A small silver coin of Athens, the sixth part of a drachma, about three cents in value. (b) An ancient weight, the sixth part of a drachm.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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