coffee tree
any tree, as Coffea arabica, yielding coffee beans.
Origin of coffee tree
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How to use coffee tree in a sentence
The coffee tree grows rather sparingly along some of the streams, and on moist land as far north as Clinton County, Michigan.
Seed Dispersal | William J. BealThere are strawberries, of the largest size, growing beside a coffee-tree the tree being filled with coffee-berries.
Mexico and its Religion | Robert A. WilsonThis fact is utilized in pruning the coffee tree, the uprights being cut back, the laterals then becoming more productive.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersIn some tropical countries the natives brew a coffee tea from the leaves of the coffee tree.
All About Coffee | William H. UkersIt is a microscopic fungus whose spores, carried by the wind, adhere to and germinate upon the leaves of the coffee tree.
All About Coffee | William H. Ukers
British Dictionary definitions for coffee tree
any of several rubiaceous trees of the genus Coffea, esp C. arabica, the seeds of which are used in the preparation of the beverage coffee
short for Kentucky coffee tree
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