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.
PLETHYSMOGRAPHS
Noun
plethysmographs
plural of plethysmograph
Source: Wiktionary
PLETHYSMOGRAPH
Pleth"ys*mo*graph, n. Etym: [Gr. -graph.] (Physiol.)
Definition: An instrument for determining and registering the variations in the size or volume of a limb, as the arm or leg, and hence the variations in the amount of blood in the limb.
– Pleth`ys*mo*graph"ic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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