Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The Coffea Arabica, and other species which produce the berries from which coffee is derived. See
coffee .
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Some have asserted that, as new plantations were constantly discovered even during the period of our visit, the coffee-tree was indigenous; but the fact that pine-apples, bananas, yams, orange-trees, custard apple-trees, pitangas, guavas, and other
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It is said that the coffee-tree does not grow northward beyond
Travels in Arabia 2003
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They call Hedjaz exclusively the mountainous country, comprehending many fertile valleys south of Tayf, and as far as the dwelling-places of the Asyr Arabs, where the coffee-tree begins to be cultivated abundantly.
Travels in Arabia 2003
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The coffee-tree reminded me of the red haw-tree of Ohio, and the berries were somewhat like those of the same tree, two grains of coffee being inclosed in one berry.
Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals David Widger
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The coffee-tree is an evergreen, and makes a beautiful appearance at all times of the year, but especially when in flower, and when the berries are red, which is usually during the winter.
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There are strawberries, of the largest size, growing beside a coffee-tree the tree being filled with coffee-berries.
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It was he who planted the fine old trees which now shade the lawn; among them the coffee-tree so much admired.
The American Architect and Building News, Vol. 27, No. 733, January 11, 1890 Various
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Comparing this with the yield per acre, each tree would therefore give 9.33 ounces of marketable coffee, whilst in Peru, where the coffee-tree is planted at an elevation of
The Philippine Islands John Foreman
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= -- The coffee-tree is a much-branched tree of the cinchona family, not exceeding twenty feet in height, and much resembling a cherry-tree.
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The people are willing and anxious for improvement, and on introducing to many of the farmers the utility of cutting off the centre of each young coffee-tree so soon as it grew above the reach of a man of ordinary height, I had the satisfaction of seeing them immediately commence the execution of the work.
Official Report of the Niger Valley Exploring Party Martin Robinson Delany
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