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]

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.
      [PJC]

   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.
      [PJC]

   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 -- 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

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

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