Arabian coffee

noun

: arabica sense 1
Next to that thicket, Arabian coffee trees are loaded with coffee beans.Betty Mohr, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 1999
Arabian coffee is a handsome plant with long, lustrous leaves and dark-red, half-inch wide fruit.Charles Reynolds, Ledger (Lakeland, Florida), 2 Aug. 2002

Word History

First Known Use

1674, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of Arabian coffee was in 1674

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“Arabian coffee.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Arabian%20coffee. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.

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