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.
SYMPODIUM
Etymology
Noun
sympodium (plural sympodia)
(botany) A pattern of branching, similar to dichotomous branching, where the axis or stem is morphologically made up of a series of superposed branches imitating a simple stem.
Source: Wiktionary
Sym*po"di*um, n.; pl. Sympodia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: An axis or stem produced by dichotomous branching in which one of the branches is regularly developed at the expense of the other, as in the grapevine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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