coffee tree

noun

1. any tree, as Coffea arabica, yielding coffee beans.
2. Kentucky coffee tree.

coffee tree

noun

1. 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
2. short for Kentucky coffee tree

Word History and Origins

Origin of coffee tree¹

First recorded in 1735–45

Example Sentences

The coffee tree grows rather sparingly along some of the streams, and on moist land as far north as Clinton County, Michigan.

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There are strawberries, of the largest size, growing beside a coffee-tree the tree being filled with coffee-berries.

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This fact is utilized in pruning the coffee tree, the uprights being cut back, the laterals then becoming more productive.

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In some tropical countries the natives brew a coffee tea from the leaves of the coffee tree.

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It is a microscopic fungus whose spores, carried by the wind, adhere to and germinate upon the leaves of the coffee tree.

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