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Coffee - Dictionary Definition and Overview |
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Coffee : (noun)
1: a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans;
"he ordered a cup of coffee" [syn: java]
2: any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical
Old World yielding coffee beans [syn: coffee tree]
3: a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee [syn: coffee
bean, coffee berry]
4: a medium to dark brown color [syn: chocolate, deep brown,
umber, burnt umber]
Based on WordNet 2.0
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Coffee : \Cof"fee\ (?; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine,
coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. Caf['e].]
1. The ``beans'' or ``berries'' (pyrenes) obtained from the
drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea,
growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm
regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
2. The coffee tree.
Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as,
Coffea Arabica, C. occidentalis, and C. Liberica.
The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the
root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple
cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing
two pyrenes, commercially called ``beans'' or
``berries''.
3. The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . .
This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and
helpeth digestion. --Bacon.
Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into
England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in
Oxford and London.
Coffee bug (Zo["o]l.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium
coff[ae]a), often very injurious to the coffee tree.
Coffee rat (Zo["o]l.) See Musang.
Based on WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003)
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