coffee berry (kofeber"i)

The fruit of the coffee-blight (kof'e-blit), n. A microscopic fungus, Hemileia vastatrix, which has caused great devastation in the coffee-plantations of Ceylon. coffee-borer (kof'ē-borer), n. species of coleopterous insects which bore into the stems of the coffee-plant. Xylotrechus quadri pes is a longicorn beetle which bores into the coffee-plant in southern India. The eggs are laid under the bark and close to the root in November and December and hatch in February, and the larva attains full growth by July. Areo cerus coffee is the second species. It belongs to the family Anthribidæ, and is known as a coffee-pest in South Africa and Brazil, but is found in other countries, being nearly cosmopolitan.