Coffee

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