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.
VOLTA
Volta
(noun) a river in Ghana that flows south to the Bight of Benin
Volta, Count Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Volta, Conte Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastasio Volta
(noun) Italian physicist after whom the volt is named; studied electric currents and invented the voltaic pile (1745-1827)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
volta (plural voltas)
(music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
(music, dance) A volte
(poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.
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• lovat
Etymology
Proper noun
Volta
the Volta River: A river in West Africa, having given name to Upper Volta.
A census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States.
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• lovat
Source: Wiktionary
Vol"ta, n.; pl. Volte. Etym: [It. volta a turn, turning, a time. See Volt a tread.] (Mus.)
Definition: A turning; a time; -- chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times; as, una volta, once. Seconda volta, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) a geological process in which one edge of a crustal plate is forced sideways and downward into the mantle below another plate
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