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.
WIGGERY
Etymology
Noun
wiggery (plural wiggeries)
(archaic) A wig or wigs; false hair.
(archaic) Any cover or screen, such as red-tapism.
Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts].
Source: Wiktionary
Wig"ger*y, n.
1. A wig or wigs; false hair. [R.] A. Trollope.
2. Any cover or screen, as red-tapism. [R.] Fire peels the wiggeries away from them [facts.] Carlyle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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