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.
TUBENOSE
Etymology
Noun
tubenose (plural tubenoses)
Any of the Procellariiformes, an order of seabirds including albatrosses, petrels, and shearwaters.
A small, thin fish of Japanese and Korean coastal waters, Aulichthys japonicus
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(noun) infestation with slender threadlike roundworms (filaria) deposited under the skin by the bite of black fleas; when the eyes are involved it can result in blindness; common in Africa and tropical America
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