robusta coffee

[roh-buhs-tuh]

ro·bus·ta cof·fee

[roh-buhs-tuh]
noun
1.
a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
2.
the seed of this plant.
3.
the coffee made from the seeds.
Also called ro·bus·ta.


Origin:
1905–10; robusta < Latin rōbusta, feminine of rōbustus robust
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Robusta coffee has a plethora of syllables.
So is floccinaucinihilipilification. Does it mean:
given to using long words.
the estimation of something as valueless (encountered mainly as an example of one of the longest words in the English language).
WordNet
robusta coffee

noun
native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere; resistant to coffee rust 
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