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Coffee   /kˈɑfi/  /kˈɔfi/   Listen
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Coffee  n.  
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, 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".
3.
The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree. "They have in Turkey a drink called coffee.... This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion."
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.
5.
A social gathering at which coffee is served, with optional other foods or refreshments.
6.
A color ranging from medium brown to dark brown. 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 (Zool.), a species of scale insect (Lecanium coffaea), often very injurious to the coffee tree.
Coffee rat (Zool.) See Musang.





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"Coffee" Quotes from Famous Books



... his breakfast table almost abruptly. One egg, a piece of toast, and a cup of coffee were all he ate. It was an earlier meal than usual which the Swiss cook had prepared, and by half past six Colonel Harris started from home to his office, Gertrude from her chamber window kissing her hand to him, saying, ...
— The Harris-Ingram Experiment • Charles E. Bolton
... covered bazaars are at all times capable of "eating the hours," as the natives say. One could sit indefinitely in a coffee-house and watch the throngs go by—the stalwart Kurdish porter with his impossible loads, the veiled women, the unveiled Christian or lower-class Arab women, the native police, the British Tommy, the kilted ...
— War in the Garden of Eden • Kermit Roosevelt
... Eggs, Crullers, Preserved Watermelon, Cottage Cheese, Sweet Pickles, Grape Jelly, Soda Biscuit, Stuffed Mangoes, Lemonade, Hickory-Nut Cake, Cookies, Cinnamon Roll, Lemon Pie, Ham, Macaroons, New York Ice Cream, Apple Butter, Charlotte Russe, Peppermint Wafers, and Coffee. ...
— Fables in Slang • George Ade
... Whiskey! Tete Noire! Pilot! Michinass! Coffee! Bull! Brandie! Caribou!" shouted the men. A few of the dogs answered to their names and came to harness while some holding back were tugged forward by the scruff of the neck. Others were still in hiding. The men searched among the mounds and bushes. Every now and then the crack of a whip ...
— The Drama of the Forests - Romance and Adventure • Arthur Heming
... fine trees sheltered it on either side, whilst ever and anon some rustic farm-house was passed, or coffee-shop, temporarily erected of canvas or blankets, offered refreshment (such as it was), and the latest news of the diggings to those who had no objection to pay well for what they had. This Flemington road (which is considered the most Pleasant in Victoria, or ...
— A Lady's Visit to the Gold Diggings of Australia in 1852-53. • Mrs. Charles (Ellen) Clacey


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