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.
VOMITORIES
Noun
vomitories
plural of vomitory
Source: Wiktionary
VOMITORY
Vom"i*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. vomitorious.]
Definition: Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.
Vom"i*to*ry, n.; pl. Vomitories (.
1. An emetic; a vomit. Harvey.
2. Etym: [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.)
Definition: A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater. Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense multitude. Gibbon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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