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.
POKEY
jerkwater, one-horse, pokey, poky
(adjective) small and remote and insignificant; “a jerkwater college”; “passed a series of poky little one-horse towns”
dilatory, laggard, poky, pokey
(adjective) wasting time
jail, jailhouse, gaol, clink, slammer, poky, pokey
(noun) a correctional institution used to detain persons who are in the lawful custody of the government (either accused persons awaiting trial or convicted persons serving a sentence)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
pokey
(of a room, house) of small volume, cramped
(slang) slow
(slang, of a car) fast
Noun
pokey (plural pokeys)
(slang, with "the") prison.
Synonyms
• in the poke
Source: Wiktionary
Pok"ey, a.
Definition: See Poky.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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