coffee tree

coffee tree

n

1. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) 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. (Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Plants) short for Kentucky coffee tree

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

coffee tree - any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans coffee coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee - a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee Coffea, genus Coffea - coffee trees Arabian coffee, Coffea 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 Coffea liberica, Liberian coffee - small tree of West Africa Coffea canephora, Coffea robusta, Rio Nunez coffee, robusta coffee - native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere; resistant to coffee rust tree - a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms