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coffee-tree
[coffee 1.]
1. The tree or shrub from which coffee is obtained.
1741Compl. Fam.-Piece ii. iii. 385 The Berries of the Coffee Tree. 1851Mayne Reid Rifle Rangers i, The breeze..carries on its wings the aroma of the coffee-tree. 1855J. F. W. Johnston Chem. Com. Life I. 203 The Coffee-tree..attains a height in some countries not exceeding 8 or 10, but in others averaging from 15 to 20 feet. 1952A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening (ed. 22) 121 Coffea (Coffee Tree)—Rubiaceae. Stove evergreen shrubs.
2. The North American tree Gymnocladus dioica; the Kentucky coffee-nut. U.S.
1784J. Filson Discov. Kentucke 23 The coffee-tree greatly resembles a black oak, grows large, and also bears a pod, in which is enclosed good coffee. 1785Washington Diaries (1925) II. 360 Eight Nuts from a tree called the Kentucke Coffee tree. 1796Morse Amer. Geogr. (ed. 3) I. 636 The coffee-tree resembles the black oak, and bears a pod which encloses a seed, of which a drink is made not unlike coffee. 1832D. J. Browne Sylva Amer. 166 The French of Canada call this tree Chicot,..and the inhabitants of the Western States, Coffee Tree. 1867Trans. Ill. Agric. Soc. 1865–6 VI. 390 The Coffee Tree famed for its similitude to the fruit that adds to our morning meal. 1951Dict. Gardening (R. Hort. Soc.) II. 939/2 The name Coffee-tree applied to G. dioica comes from the seeds having been used as a substitute for coffee by the early settlers in N. America. |