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.
WHIPWORM
Etymology
Noun
whipworm (countable and uncountable, plural whipworms)
Any of the genus Trichuris of roundworms that infect certain mammals
(medicine) Trichuris trichiura, a roundworm, causing trichuriasis when it infects a human large intestine.
Trichuriasis, infection by members of the genus Trichuris.
Hypernyms
• (Trichuris): roundworm, nematode
Hyponyms
• (Trichuris): canine whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), cat whipworm (Trichuris campanula, Trichuris serrata), dog whipworm (Trichuris vulpis), mouse whipworm (Trichuris muris), pig whipworm (Trichuris suis)
Source: Wiktionary
Whip"worm`, n. Etym: [So called from its shape.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A nematode worm (Trichocephalus dispar) often found parasitic in the human intestine. Its body is thickened posteriorly, but is very long and threadlike anteriorly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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