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.
ZAMINDAR
Etymology
Noun
zamindar (plural zamindars)
(India, Bangladesh, Pakistan, now, historical) An Indian landowner who collected local taxes and paid them to the British government.
Source: Wiktionary
Zam`in*dar", n. Etym: [Hind. zemindar, zamindar, a landholder, Per. zamindar; zamin land dar holding.]
Definition: A landowner; also, a collector of land revenue; now, usually, a kind of feudatory recognized as an actual proprietor so long as he pays to the government a certain fixed revenue. [Written also zemindar.] [India]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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