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.
TEGUMENT
skin, tegument, cutis
(noun) a natural protective body covering and site of the sense of touch; “your skin is the largest organ of your body”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tegument (plural teguments)
Something which covers; a covering or coating.
Source: Wiktionary
Teg"u*ment, n. Etym: [L. tegumentum, from tegere to cover. See Thatch, n., and cf. Detect, Protect.]
1. A cover or covering; an integument.
2. Especially, the covering of a living body, or of some part or organ of such a body; skin; hide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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