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.
POLYBASIC
Etymology
Adjective
polybasic (comparative more polybasic, superlative most polybasic)
(chemistry, of an acid) containing two or more replaceable hydrogen atoms
(chemistry, of a salt) having two or more atoms of a univalent metal
(chemistry, of a base) Having two or more basic groups; see also polybase
Source: Wiktionary
Pol`y*ba"sic, a. Etym: [Poly- + basic.] (Chem.)
Definition: Capable of neutralizing, or of combining with, several molecules of a monacid base; having several hydrogen atoms capable of being replaced by basic radicals; -- said of certain acids; as, sulphuric acid is polybasic.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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