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.
SCRUBBY
scrawny, scrubby, stunted
(adjective) inferior in size or quality; “scrawny cattle”; “scrubby cut-over pine”; “old stunted thorn trees”
scrabbly, scrubby
(adjective) sparsely covered with stunted trees or vegetation and underbrush; “open scrubby woods”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
scrubby (comparative scrubbier, superlative scrubbiest)
Covered with or consisting of scrub.
Inferior in size or quality.
Source: Wiktionary
Scrub"by, a. [Compar. Scrubbier; superl. Scrubbiest.]
Definition: Of the nature of scrub; small and mean; stunted in growth; as, a scrubby cur. "Dense, scrubby woods." Duke of Argull.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FRISK
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