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.
PREPOTENCIES
Noun
prepotencies
plural of prepotency
Source: Wiktionary
PREPOTENCY
Pre*po"ten*cy, n. Etym: [L. praepotentia: cf. F. prépotence.]
1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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