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English → English (gcide) Definition: Coffee bug Coffee \Cof"fee\ (k[add]"f[-e]; k[o^]f"f[-e]; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine, coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. Caf['e].] 1. The “beans” or “berries” (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America. [1913 Webster +PJC] 2. The coffee tree. [1913 Webster] Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as, Coffea Arabica, Coffea canephora, Coffea occidentalis , and Coffea Liberica. The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing two pyrenes, commercially called “beans” or “berries”. [1913 Webster] 3. The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree. [1913 Webster] They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion. --Bacon. [1913 Webster] 4. a cup of coffee[3], especially one served in a restaurant; as, we each had two donuts and a coffee; three coffees to go. [PJC] 5. a social gathering at which coffee is served, with optional other foods or refreshments. [PJC] 6. a color ranging from medium brown to dark brown. [PJC] Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in Oxford and London. [1913 Webster] Coffee bug (Zo["o]l.), a species of scale insect (Lecanium coff[ae]a ), often very injurious to the coffee tree. Coffee rat (Zo["o]l.) See Musang. [1913 Webster]