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.
SAVANNA
savanna, savannah
(noun) a flat grassland in tropical or subtropical regions
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
savanna (countable and uncountable, plural savannas)
A tropical grassland with scattered trees
Proper noun
Savanna
A female given name from place names, of modern usage, variant of Savannah.
Source: Wiktionary
Sa*van"na, n. Etym: [Of American Indian origin; cf. Sp. sabana, F. savane.]
Definition: A tract of level land covered with the vegetable growth usually found in a damp soil and warm climate, -- as grass or reeds, -- but destitute of trees. [Spelt also savannah.] Savannahs are clear pieces land without woods. Dampier. Savanna flower (Bot.), a West Indian name for several climbing apocyneous plants of the genus Echites.
РSavanna sparrow (Zo̦l.), an American sparrow (Ammodramus sandwichensis or Passerculus savanna) of which several varieties are found on grassy plains from Alaska to the Eastern United States.
– Savanna wattle (Bot.), a name of two West Indian trees of the genus Citharexylum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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