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.
PONDWEEDS
Noun
pondweeds
plural of pondweed
Source: Wiktionary
PONDWEED
Pond"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: Any aquatic plant of the genus Potamogeton, of which many species are found in ponds or slow-moving rivers. Choke pondweed, an American water weed (Anarcharis, or Elodea, Canadensis.) See Anacharis.
– Horned pondweed, the Zannichellia palustris, a slender, branching aquatic plant, having pointed nutlets.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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