\Cof"fee\ (?; 115), n. [Turk. qahveh, Ar. qahuah wine,
coffee, a decoction of berries. Cf. {Caf['e]}.]
1. The ``beans'' or ``berries'' (pyrenes) obtained from the
   drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus {Coffea},
   growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and other warm
   regions of Asia and Africa, and also in tropical America.
2. The coffee tree.
Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as,
      {Coffea Arabica}, {C. occidentalis}, and {C. Liberica}.
      The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the
      root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple
      cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing
      two pyrenes, commercially called ``beans'' or
      ``berries''.
3. The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
         They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . .
         This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and
         helpeth digestion.                    --Bacon.
Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into
      England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in
      Oxford and London.
{Coffee bug} (Zo["o]l.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium
   coff[ae]a}), often very injurious to the coffee tree.
{Coffee rat} (Zo["o]l.) See {Musang}.