'Coffee' definitions:

Definition of 'coffee'

(from WordNet)
noun
A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" [syn: coffee, java]
noun
Any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans [syn: coffee, coffee tree]
noun
A seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee [syn: coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee]
noun
A medium brown to dark-brown color [syn: chocolate, coffee, deep brown, umber, burnt umber]

Definition of 'Coffee'

From: GCIDE
  • 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. [1913 Webster +PJC]
  • 2. The coffee tree. [1913 Webster]
  • 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". [1913 Webster]
  • 3. The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree. [1913 Webster]
  • They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
  • 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. [1913 Webster]
  • Coffee bug (Zool.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium coff[ae]a}), often very injurious to the coffee tree.
  • Coffee rat (Zool.) See Musang. [1913 Webster]

Coffee -- U.S. County in Alabama

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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

Coffee -- U.S. County in Tennessee

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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

Coffee -- U.S. County in Georgia

From: Gazetteer 2000
Name :
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

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