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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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