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.
STANNEL
Etymology
From an Old English word, literally "stone yeller", i.e. a bird that calls from the rocks.
Noun
stannel (plural stannels)
(obsolete) kestrel
Anagrams
• lannets
Source: Wiktionary
Stan"nel, n. Etym: [AS. stangella, stangilla; properly, stone yeller, i.e., a bird that yells from the rocks. See Stone, and Yell, and cf. Stonegall.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The kestrel; -- called also standgale, standgall, stanchel, stand hawk, stannel hawk, steingale, stonegall. [Written also staniel, stannyel, and stanyel.] With what wing the staniel checks at it. Shak.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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