robusta

ro bus ta |rōˈbəstə roʊˈbəstə | ▶noun 1 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. 2 the tropical West African bush of the bedstraw family that produces these beans. [Coffea canephora (formerly robusta ), family Rubiaceae. ] ORIGIN early 20th cent.: modern Latin, feminine of Latin robustus ‘robust. ’

robusta

ro |busta |rə (ʊ )ˈbʌstə | ▶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. 2 the tropical West African bush that produces robusta coffee beans. ●Coffea canephora (formerly robusta ), family Rubiaceae. See also arabica . ORIGIN early 20th cent.: modern Latin, feminine of Latin robustus ‘robust ’.