coffee tree

Other forms: coffee trees

Definitions of coffee tree

1. noun

   any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans
   synonyms: coffee

   types:

   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

   Coffea liberica, Liberian coffee

   small tree of West Africa

   Coffea canephora, Coffea robusta, Rio Nunez coffee, robusta coffee

   native to West Africa but grown in Java and elsewhere; resistant to coffee rust

   type of:

   tree

   a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms