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.
PNEUMOGASTRIC
pneumogastric
(adjective) of or relating to or involving the lungs and stomach
vagal, pneumogastric
(adjective) of or relating to the vagus nerve
vagus, vagus nerve, nervus vagus, pneumogastric, pneumogastric nerve, tenth cranial nerve, wandering nerve
(noun) a mixed nerve that supplies the pharynx and larynx and lungs and heart and esophagus and stomach and most of the abdominal viscera
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pneumogastric (not comparable)
(anatomy) Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach
(anatomy) vagus (attributive)
Noun
pneumogastric (plural pneumogastrics)
(anatomy) The pneumogastric nerve; one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.
Source: Wiktionary
Pneu`mo*gas"tric, a. Etym: [Pneumo- + gastric.] (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the lungs and the stomach.
– n.
Definition: The pneumogastric nerve. Pneumogastric nerve (Anat.), one of the tenth pair of cranial nerves which are distributed to the pharynx, esophagus, larynx, lungs, heart, stomach, liver, and spleen, and, in fishes and many amphibia, to the branchial apparatus and also to the sides of the body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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