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.
YAFFINGALE
Etymology
Noun
yaffingale (plural yaffingales)
(archaic) the European green woodpecker, Picus viridis
Synonyms
• yaffle
Source: Wiktionary
Yaf"fin*gale, n. Etym: [See Yaffle, and cf. Nightingale.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: The yaffle. [Prov. Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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