coffee : Dictionary / Wörterbuch (BEOLINGUS, TU Chemnitz)

English Dictionary: coffee	by the DICT Development Group
2 results for coffee
From WordNet (r) 3.0 (2006) [wn]:
coffee n a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" Synonym(s): coffee, java any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans Synonym(s): coffee, coffee tree a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee Synonym(s): coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee a medium brown to dark-brown color Synonym(s): chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]:
Coffee \Cof"fee\ (?; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine, coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. {Caf[82]}.] 1. The [bd]beans[b8] or [bd]berries[b8] (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}, {C. occidentalis}, and {C. 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 [bd]beans[b8] or [bd]berries[b8]. 3. The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry. They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion. --Bacon. 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} (Zo[94]l.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium coff[91]a}), often very injurious to the coffee tree. {Coffee rat} (Zo[94]l.) See {Musang}.