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.
RHOPALIC
Etymology
Adjective
rhopalic (comparative more rhopalic, superlative most rhopalic)
(poetry, rhetoric) Having each successive word longer by a letter or syllable.
Noun
rhopalic (plural rhopalics)
A rhopalic poem.
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• Orphical
Source: Wiktionary
Rho*pal"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. rhopalique.] (Pros.)
Definition: Applied to a line or verse in which each successive word has one more syllable than the preceding.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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