coffee
- noun
- /ˈkɔːfi/
- About 10 percent of Venezuela's 52,000 coffee producers are considered technified in their management practices.
- coffee plants
- coffee trees
- a coffee plantation
They saw the psychotria coffee plant, opposite leaves.
- They saw the psychotria coffee plant, opposite leaves.
- Therefore you tend to see species of coffee that are hardier and more robust.
Examples
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Through Istanbul, the Ottomans brought commodities like coffee to Europe.
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No one's ever tried coffee this high.
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Less than 20 percent of the coffee land is managed in the open sun.
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The economic benefits of a shade coffee system extend beyond the coffee harvest.
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The researchers analyzed three coffee species from Africa, the likely origin of coffee.
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A landscape interpretation of the recent changes in coffee production informs my analysis.
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By 1780, other crops such as ginger, coffee, and cocoa were being cultivated in larger quantities.
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I enjoy my cup of coffee every morning to start the day.
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The local café serves the best coffee in town, made from freshly roasted beans.
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They planted rows of coffee trees on their farm to produce gourmet beans.
Synonyms
A coffee plant that produces beans for good tasting coffee
A small tropical tree that grows red cherries containing beans used to make a hot drink
A plant that produces the beans used to make most coffee
A coffee plant from West Africa that resists pests and makes strong-tasting beans
A type of coffee plant that makes strong beans, resists disease, and grows in hot places
A tropical plant that produces the beans used to make most of the world's coffee
A tropical plant like a small tree that produces coffee beans
Coffee beans or brewed coffee from the Typica Arabica type often used in specialty coffee
A small coffee tree from West Africa grown for its large beans
A coffee plant from West Africa that resists coffee rust and grows in places like Java
Idioms
Compounds
A large attractive book with many photos or pictures kept on a living room table for guests to browse
A strong coffee made by boiling very finely ground beans, not filtered and often with sugar
A small tropical tree that grows red cherries containing beans used to make a hot drink
An evergreen bush in the western United States that produces small red or black berries
- Specialized
A tiny living thing that makes coffee plants and other tropical crops sick
- Specialized
A ring-shaped mark that appears at the edge of a liquid drop as it dries
- Indian
A tropical shrub with shiny leaves and sweet-smelling flowers that open at night
A tropical shrub with many leaves whose seeds smell bad and people use to make cheap coffee
- Specialized
A disease of coffee plants caused by fungi or bacteria that reduces the amount and quality of beans
- US
An evergreen fern from California and Baja California with dark brown stems on its leaves
- Indian
A small movable stand that sells hot coffee and simple food on streets, often at night
A traditional ritual in Ethiopia where people prepare, serve, and drink coffee together
- Archaic
A tropical shrub whose seeds are sometimes roasted and used as fake coffee
- Specialized
A large North American tree with divided leaves and hard seed pods whose seeds are used as a coffee substitute
- Specialized
A coffee plant from West Africa that resists coffee rust and grows in places like Java
- Specialized
A coffee plant from West Africa that makes beans for strong coffee and resists disease
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Etymology
Coffee also names the plant because the tree produces the beans used for the drink, so farmers and gardeners call the tree coffee as it gives the coffee we use.