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.
PRICKWOOD
Etymology
Noun
prickwood (usually uncountable, plural prickwoods)
A shrub (Euonymus europaeus), the spindle tree.
Source: Wiktionary
Prick"wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A shrub (Euonymus Europæus); -- so named from the use of its wood for goads, skewers, and shoe pegs. Called also spindle tree.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISPIRITEDLY
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