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.
OXLIP
oxlip, paigle, Primula elatior
(noun) Eurasian primrose with yellow flowers clustered in a one-sided umbel
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
oxlip (plural oxlips)
The plant Primula elatior, similar to cowslip but with larger, pale yellow flowers.
Source: Wiktionary
Ox"lip`, n. Etym: [AS. oxanslyppe. See Ox, and Cowslip.] (Bot.)
Definition: The great cowslip (Primula veris, var. elatior).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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EARTHSHAKING
(adjective) sufficiently significant to affect the whole world; “earthshaking proposals”; “the contest was no world-shaking affair”; “the conversation...could hardly be called world-shattering”
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