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.
TRABECULA
trabecula
(noun) rod-shaped structures of fibrous tissue that divide an organ into parts (as in the penis) or stabilize the structure of an organ (as in the spleen)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
trabecula (plural trabeculae or trabeculas)
A small supporting beam.
(anatomy) A small mineralized spicule that forms a network in spongy bone.
(anatomy) A fibrous strand of connective tissue that supports it in place.
(entomology) Either of a pair of movable appendages on the head, in front of the antennae, of some mallophagous insects.
(anatomy) One of the fleshy columns, or columnae carneae, in the ventricle of the heart, to which the chordae tendineae are attached.
(botany) A projection from the cell wall across the cell cavity of the ducts of certain plants.
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Source: Wiktionary
Tra*bec"u*la, n.; pl. Trabeculæ (-le). Etym: [L., a little beam.] (Anat.)
Definition: A small bar, rod, bundle of fibers, or septal membrane, in the framework of an organ part.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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