Coffea

Coffea
noun
coffee trees
• Syn: ↑genus Coffea
• Hypernyms: ↑asterid dicot genus
• Member Holonyms: ↑Rubiaceae, ↑family Rubiaceae, ↑madder family
• Member Meronyms: ↑coffee, ↑coffee tree

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\\ˈkȯfēə\ noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from obsolete Swedish coffe, coffé (now kaffe), from obsolete German or English; obsolete German coffée, coffee (now kaffee) from English coffee
: a genus of small trees and shrubs of the family Rubiaceae native to the tropical Old World (as Africa) having white fragrant flowers borne in clusters at the base of the shining evergreen leaves, and including several species (especially C. arabica, C. liberica, and C. robusta) that are widely grown in tropical and subtropical uplands for their cherrylike fruits which contain seeds from which coffee is prepared

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  • Coffea — n. the genus comprising the coffee trees. Syn: genus {Coffea}. [WordNet 1.5] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

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  • Coffea — Coffĕa, s. Kaffee …   Kleines Konversations-Lexikon

  • Coffea — This article is about the biology of coffee plants. For the beverage, see Coffee. Coffea Flowering branches of Coffea arabica …   Wikipedia

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  • Coffea — Caféier Caféier …   Wikipédia en Français

  • Coffea —   Cafeto Clasificación científica Reino: Plantae …   Wikipedia Español

  • Coffea — kavamedis statusas T sritis vardynas apibrėžtis Raudinių (Rubiaceae) šeimos augalų gentis (Coffea). atitikmenys: lot. Coffea angl. coffee; coffee tree vok. Kaffeebaum; Kaffeepflanze; Kaffeestrauch rus. кофейное дерево lenk. kawowe drzewo …   Dekoratyvinių augalų vardynas

  • Coffea — ID 20586 Symbol Key COFFE Common Name coffee Family Rubiaceae Category Dicot Division Magnoliophyta US Nativity N/A US/NA Plant Yes State Distribution HI, PR, VI Growth Habit N/A D …   USDA Plant Characteristics

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