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.
OXHIDE
Etymology
Noun
oxhide (countable and uncountable, plural oxhides)
The skin (hide) of an ox.
Leather made from the hide of an ox.
Source: Wiktionary
Ox"hide`, n.
1. The skin of an ox, or leather made from it.
2. (O. Eng. Law)
Definition: A measure of land. See 3d Hide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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