robusta

robusta
ro·bus·ta (rō-bŭsʹtə) n.
1.
a. The coffee plant Coffea canephora that is commercially grown but whose beans are of lesser quality than arabica beans.
b. The seed of this plant.
2. The coffee brewed from the seeds of this plant.
  [Latin rōbusta, feminine of rōbustus, strong. See robust.]

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