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.
SHISHA
hookah, narghile, nargileh, sheesha, shisha, chicha, calean, kalian, water pipe, hubble-bubble, hubbly-bubbly
(noun) an oriental tobacco pipe with a long flexible tube connected to a container where the smoke is cooled by passing through water; “a bipolar world with the hookah and Turkish coffee versus hamburgers and Coca Cola”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
shisha (countable and uncountable, plural shishas)
(countable) An Arabic water-pipe, or hookah.
Synonyms: hookah, hubbly bubbly, narghile
The tobacco smoked in such a pipe, especially as mixed with molasses and flavour extract.
Synonym: maassel
(textiles) A type of embroidery with small pieces of reflective metal attached to the fabric.
Synonym: mirrorwork
Anagrams
• Hashis, Shashi, Shiahs, shahis
Source: Wiktionary
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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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