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.
TUBULAR
tubular, cannular, tubelike, tube-shaped, vasiform
(adjective) constituting a tube; having hollow tubes (as for the passage of fluids)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
tubular (comparative more tubular, superlative most tubular)
Shaped like a tube.
Relating to, or composed of tubes or tubules
(slang) Cool, awesome.
Synonyms
• cannular
• tubiform
Source: Wiktionary
Tu"bu*lar, a. Etym: [L. tubulus, dim. of tubus a tube, or pipe. See Tube.]
Definition: Having the form of a tube, or pipe; consisting of a pipe; fistular; as, a tubular snout; a tubular calyx. Also, containing, or provided with, tubes. Tubular boiler. See under Boiler.
– Tubular breathing (Med.), a variety of respiratory sound, heard on auscultation over the lungs in certain cases of disease, resembling that produced by the air passing through the trachea.
– Tubular bridge, a bridge in the form of a hollow trunk or tube, made of iron plates riveted together, as the Victoria bridge over the St. Lawrence, at Montreal, Canada, and the Britannia bridge over the Menai Straits.
– Tubular girder, a plate girder having two or more vertical webs with a space between them.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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