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.
PROPHYLL
prophyll
(noun) a plant structure resembling a leaf
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prophyll (plural prophylls)
(botany) The frequently specialised or reduced leaf produced at the first node of a new shoot.
Usage notes
Between the coining of the word and the second half of the 20th century, a great amount of confusion existed in the definitions of the word and its equivalents in French and German. Many authors believed the prophyll to be a specific structure, and specialists of the Aroidea often give it such a sense.
Source: Wiktionary
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