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.
SERICIN
Etymology
Noun
sericin (countable and uncountable, plural sericins)
A water-soluble glycoprotein that binds the two fibroin filaments of a silk fibre
Anagrams
• irenics, resinic, sirenic
Source: Wiktionary
Ser"i*cin, n. Etym: [L. sericus silken.] (Chem.)
Definition: A gelatinous nitrogenous material extracted from crude silk and other similar fiber by boiling water; -- called also silk gelatin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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