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.
STRAMINEOUS
Etymology
Adjective
stramineous (comparative more stramineous, superlative most stramineous)
Pertaining to or made of straw; having little value, insubstantial.
(botany) Straw-coloured.
Source: Wiktionary
Stra*min"e*ous, a. Etym: [L. stramineus, fr. stramen straw, fr. sternere, stratum, to spread out, to strew.]
1. Strawy; consisting of straw. Robinson.
2. Chaffy; like straw; straw-colored. Burton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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