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.
VERNACULOUS
Ver*nac"u*lous, a. Etym: [L. vernaculus. See Vernacular.]
1. Vernacular. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. Etym: [L. vernaculi, pl., buffoons, jesters.]
Definition: Scoffing; scurrilous. [A Latinism. Obs.] "Subject to the petulancy of every vernaculous orator." B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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