robusta
/rəʊˈbʌstə/noun
1
- mass noun coffee or coffee beans from a widely grown kind of coffee plant. Beans of this variety are often used in the manufacture of instant coffee.中果咖啡; 中果咖啡豆。
2
- the tropical West African bush that produces these beans中果咖啡(产中果咖啡豆的热带西非灌木丛)。
2.1
- Coffea canephora (formerly robusta), family Rubiaceae.拉丁名Coffea canephora (原称robusta), 茜草科。参见ARABICA.
词源
early 20th cent.: modern Latin, feminine of Latin robustus 'robust'.