[syn: chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber]
The 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.
[PJC]
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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WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006):
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]
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Coffee -- U.S. County in Alabama
Population (2000): 43615
Housing Units (2000): 19837
Land area (2000): 678.990152 sq. miles (1758.576346 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 1.488301 sq. miles (3.854683 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 680.478453 sq. miles (1762.431029 sq. km)
Located within: Alabama (AL), FIPS 01
Location: 31.378987 N, 85.956841 W
Headwords:
Coffee
Coffee, AL
Coffee County
Coffee County, AL
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Coffee -- U.S. County in Tennessee
Population (2000): 48014
Housing Units (2000): 20746
Land area (2000): 428.843616 sq. miles (1110.699819 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 5.619704 sq. miles (14.554967 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 434.463320 sq. miles (1125.254786 sq. km)
Located within: Tennessee (TN), FIPS 47
Location: 35.465790 N, 86.115771 W
Headwords:
Coffee
Coffee, TN
Coffee County
Coffee County, TN
U.S. Gazetteer Counties (2000):
Coffee -- U.S. County in Georgia
Population (2000): 37413
Housing Units (2000): 15610
Land area (2000): 598.896007 sq. miles (1551.133471 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 3.716715 sq. miles (9.626248 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 602.612722 sq. miles (1560.759719 sq. km)
Located within: Georgia (GA), FIPS 13
Location: 31.537784 N, 82.839769 W
Headwords:
Coffee
Coffee, GA
Coffee County
Coffee County, GA