Meaning & use

liberica

noun·Advanced

A species of coffee plant, or the large, distinctively flavored beans it produces, grown mainly in West Africa and Southeast Asia.

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Liberica has a bolder, smokier flavor than the more common arabica or robusta beans.

Farmers in the Philippines have grown liberica for generations, prizing it for its resistance to disease.

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Less widely cultivated than arabica or robusta, liberica accounts for only a small share of world coffee production.

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