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.
SIPHONOPHORE
siphonophore
(noun) a floating or swimming oceanic colony of polyps often transparent or showily colored
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
siphonophore (plural siphonophores)
(zoology) Any of various transparent marine hydrozoans, of the order Siphonophorae, that float or swim as colonies of polyps.
Source: Wiktionary
Si*phon"o*phore, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: One of the Siphonophora.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BACKFIRE
(verb) come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect; “Your comments may backfire and cause you a lot of trouble”; “the political movie backlashed on the Democrats”
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