单词 | coffee-bean |
释义 | > as lemmascoffee-bean coffee-bean n., etc. See also extracted from beann.coffee-bean coffee-bean n. the seed of the coffee-plant; also U.S., the Kentucky coffee-tree. ΘΚΠ the world > food and drink > drink > coffee manufacture > [noun] > coffee-bean coffee1626 coffee-berry1662 coffee-bean1688 berry1712 Java bean1868 Negro coffee1887 the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > coffee bean or plant > [noun] > coffee bean coffee-berry1662 coffee-bean1688 cherry coffee1858 peaberry1860 1688 R. Holme Acad. Armory ii. 81/1 The Coffee Bean, or Berry..grow two in a thin furrowed husk. 1821 T. Nuttall Jrnl. Trav. Arkansa Territory iii. 72 We still..observe the coffee-bean (Gymnocladus canadensis),..the seeds of which..produce a substitute for coffee greatly inferior to the cichorium. 1855 J. W. Croker in Croker Pap. (1884) III. xxix. 327 Is it possible that raw coffee-beans were issued to the troops in the camp? 1948 Miami (Okla.) Daily News-Record 30 June 8/2 Farmers call it bladderpod, coffee bean and castle-bean. < as lemmas |
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