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.
PHIAL
phial, vial, ampule, ampul, ampoule
(noun) a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
phial (plural phials)
A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines.
Synonyms
• vial
Coordinate terms
• test tube
Verb
phial (third-person singular simple present phials, present participle (US) phialing or phialling, simple past and past participle (US) phialed or phialled)
(transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a phial.
Anagrams
• Phila.
Source: Wiktionary
Phi"al, n. Etym: [F. fiole, L. phiala a broad, flat, shallow cup or bowl, Gr. Vial.]
Definition: A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle for medicines; a vial.
Phi"al, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phialed; p. pr. & vb. n. Phialing.]
Definition: To put or keep in, or as in, a phial. Its phial'd wrath may fate exhaust. Shenstone.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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