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Coffea arabica

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Noun1.Coffea arabicaCoffea arabica - shrubby tree of northeastern tropical Africa widely cultivated in tropical or near tropical regions for its seed which form most of the commercial coffee
Arabian coffee
coffee tree, coffee - any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans


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Coffea arabica originated in the Ethiopian highlands, where the raw, unroasted beans were masticated and the leaves brewed like tea by the locals.
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Roubik put fine-mesh bags over some branches of flowering blooms on 2-year-old, shade-grown Coffea arabica shrubs.
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The original, wild coffea arabica plants were discovered around 500 A.
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