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.
SCAPOLITE
Etymology
Noun
scapolite (plural scapolites)
Any of several mixed sodium and calcium aluminosilicates which also contain chloride, carbonate and sulfate and are found in metamorphic rocks
Anagrams
• alopecist, altiscope, copalites
Source: Wiktionary
Scap"o*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. scapus a stem, sta-lite: cf. F. scapolite.] (Mon.)
Definition: A grayish white mineral occuring in tetragonal crystals and in cleavable masses. It is esentially a silicate of aluminia and soda.
Note: The scapolite group includes scapolite proper, or wernerite, also meionite, dipyre, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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