Coffea (kofea)

[NL.: see coffee.] A considerable genus of shrubs, natural order Rubi aceæ, natives of tropical Asia and Africa. Some species yield coffee. See cut under coffee. coffee (kof'e or kôfē), n. [First in 17th century, in various forms coffee, coff a, caup he, etc.; = D. koffij = G. koffee (after E.), now kaffee (after F.) = = Dan. Sw. kaffe (after F.) = Ru . kofe, kofer = F. caffe, coffe, now café (whence the half-English café, a coffee-house) = Sp. Pg. café = It. caffè (NL. choava, now coffea ), IMG:content-0751.jpg:[ocr errors] Fruiting Branch of Coffee-plant ( Coffea Arabica ). a, flower; b, section of berry, showing inclosed nutlets and position of embryo. sult of the occasional coalescence of the two seeds of the fruit into one, and differs in no other respect from the or dinary berry. The name cherry - coffee is given to the coffee berry as it comes from the tree, before the pulp has been removed or the seeds have been dried. estate of the realm. Macaulay . At the present day every traveller is struck with the almost complete absence in London of this element of Continental life, but in the early years of the eighteenth century coffee - houses were probably more prominent in London than in any other city in Europe. Lecky , Eng. in 18th Cent., iv. coffee-huller (kof'ē-hul"ėr), n. A machine for removing the husk which envelops the seed of coffee; a coffee-cleaner. coffee-mant (kof'ē-man), n. One who keeps a coffee-house. Add is on. [Rare.]