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.
RURALISM
rurality, ruralism
(noun) a rural characteristic or trait; “a place with the rurality of a turnip field”
ruralism, rusticism
(noun) a rural idiom or expression
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ruralism (countable and uncountable, plural ruralisms)
Advocacy of rural life instead of urbanism or city living.
Rural living.
The state or quality of being rustic.
(countable) A rural idiom or expression.
Synonyms
• (advocacy of rural living): agrarianism
• (state or quality of being rural or rustic): rusticity, backwoodsiness; rurality, ruralness, rusticism
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"ral*ism, n.
1. The quality or state of being rural; ruralness.
2. A rural idiom or expression.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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IMPROVISED
(adjective) done or made using whatever is available; “crossed the river on improvised bridges”; “the survivors used jury-rigged fishing gear”; “the rock served as a makeshift hammer”
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