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.
TUNICIN
Etymology
Noun
tunicin (countable and uncountable, plural tunicins)
(carbohydrate) Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.
Source: Wiktionary
Tu"ni*cin, n. (Physiol. Chem.)
Definition: Animal cellulose; a substance present in the mantle, or tunic, of the Tunicates, which resembles, or is identical with, the cellulose of the vegetable kingdom.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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