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.
STELLION
Etymology
Noun
stellion (plural stellions)
A lizard (Laudakia stellio or Stellagama stellio), olive-green with small stellate spots, common in the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins.
Synonyms
• hardim
• hardun
• star lizard
Anagrams
• Elliston, Tonellis
Source: Wiktionary
Stel"lion, n. Etym: [L. stellio a newt having starlike spots on its back, fr. stella a star.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A lizard (Stellio vulgaris), common about the Eastern Mediterranean among ruins. In color it is olive-green, shaded with black, with small stellate spots. Called also hardim, and star lizard.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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