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Noun: coffee  kó-fee
  1. A beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans
    "he ordered a cup of coffee";
    - java [N. Amer, informal], joe [N. Amer, informal]
     
  2. Any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans
    - coffee tree
     
  3. A seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee
    - coffee bean, coffee berry
     
  4. A medium brown to dark-brown colour
    - chocolate, deep brown, umber, burnt umber, cocoa

Derived forms: coffees

Type of: beverage, brown, brownness, drink, drinkable, potable, seed, tree

Part of: Coffea, genus Coffea

Encyclopedia: Coffee, Sugar and Cocoa Exchange