English > coffee tree: 1 sense > noun 1, plant| Meaning | Any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans. |
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| Synonym | coffee |
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| Member of | Coffea, genus Coffea | coffee trees |
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| Parts | coffee bean, coffee berry, coffee | A seed of the coffee tree |
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| Narrower | 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 |
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| Liberian coffee, Coffea liberica | small tree of West Africa |
| robusta coffee, Rio Nunez coffee, Coffea robusta, Coffea canephora | Native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere |
| Broader | tree | A tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown |
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| Spanish | café, cafeto |
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| Catalan | cafè |
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