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.
VOUSSOIRING
Etymology
Noun
voussoiring (uncountable)
(architecture) Work made with voussoirs.
Source: Wiktionary
VOUSSOIR
Vous`soir", n. Etym: [F., akin to voûte an arch, a vault.] (Arch.)
Definition: One of the wedgelike stones of which an arch is composed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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