coffee

2 definitions found

coffee - Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 :

  Coffee \Cof"fee\ (k[add]"f[-e]; k[o^]f"f[-e]; 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.
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     2. The coffee tree.
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     Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as,
           Coffea Arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea occidentalis
           , and Coffea 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".
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     3. The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground
        berry of the coffee tree.
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              They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . .
              This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and
              helpeth digestion.                    --Bacon.
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     4. a cup of coffee[3], especially one served in a restaurant;
        as, we each had two donuts and a coffee; three coffees to
        go.
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     5. a social gathering at which coffee is served, with
        optional other foods or refreshments.
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     6. a color ranging from medium brown to dark brown.
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     Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into
           England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in
           Oxford and London.
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     Coffee bug (Zool.), a species of scale insect (Lecanium  coff[ae]a
        ), often very injurious to the coffee tree.
  
     Coffee rat (Zool.) See Musang.
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coffee - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  coffee
      n 1: a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee
           beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" [syn: coffee, java]
      2: any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical
         Old World yielding coffee beans [syn: coffee, coffee   tree
         ]
      3: a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee [syn:
         coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee]
      4: a medium brown to dark-brown color [syn: chocolate,
         coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber]