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.
VENTRICOSE
ventricose, ventricous
(adjective) having a swelling on one side; “the ventricose gullet of an insect”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
ventricose (comparative more ventricose, superlative most ventricose)
distended; corpulent
(mycology) Broadest in the middle and tapering toward the ends
Anagrams
• nectivores
Source: Wiktionary
Ven"tri*cose`, Ven"tri*cous, a. Etym: [NL. ventricosus, fr. L. venter belly.] (Nat. Hist.)
Definition: Swelling out on one side or unequally; bellied; ventricular; as, a ventricose corolla. Ventricose shell. (Zoöl.) (a) A spiral shell having the body whorls rounded or swollen in the middle. (b) A bivalve shell in which the valves are strongly convex.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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