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.
SPENCERS
Noun
spencers
plural of spencer
Source: Wiktionary
SPENCER
Spen"cer, n. Etym: [OF. despensier. See Spence, and cf. Dispenser.]
Definition: One who has the care of the spence, or buttery. [Obs.] Promptorium Parvulorum.
Spen"cer, n. Etym: [From the third Earl Spencer, who first wore it, or brought it into fashion.]
Definition: A short jacket worn by men and by women. Ld. Lutton.
Spen"cer, n. (Naut.)
Definition: A fore-and-aft sail, abaft the foremast or the mainmast, hoisted upon a small supplementary mast and set with a gaff and no boom; a trysail carried at the foremast or mainmast; -- named after its inventor, Knight Spencer, of England [1802]. Spencer mast, a small mast just abaft the foremast or mainmast, for hoisting the spencer. R. H. Dana, Jr.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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