slovodefinícia
coffee rat
(gcide)
Musang \Mu*sang"\, n. (Zool.)
A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to
the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large
quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to
disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also {coffee
rat}.
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Coffee rat
(gcide)
Coffee \Cof"fee\ (k[add]"f[-e]; k[o^]f"f[-e]; 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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

2. The coffee tree.
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Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as,
Coffea Arabica, Coffea canephora, {Coffea
occidentalis}, and Coffea 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".
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3. The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground
berry of the coffee tree.
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They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . .
This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and
helpeth digestion. --Bacon.
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4. a cup of coffee[3], especially one served in a restaurant;
as, we each had two donuts and a coffee; three coffees to
go.
[PJC]

5. a social gathering at which coffee is served, with
optional other foods or refreshments.
[PJC]

6. a color ranging from medium brown to dark brown.
[PJC]

Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into
England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in
Oxford and London.
[1913 Webster]

Coffee bug (Zool.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium
coff[ae]a}), often very injurious to the coffee tree.

Coffee rat (Zool.) See Musang.
[1913 Webster]
podobné slovodefinícia
Coffee rat
(gcide)
Musang \Mu*sang"\, n. (Zool.)
A small animal of Java (Paradoxirus fasciatus), allied to
the civets. It swallows, but does not digest, large
quantities of ripe coffee berries, thus serving to
disseminate the coffee plant; hence it is called also {coffee
rat}.
[1913 Webster]Coffee \Cof"fee\ (k[add]"f[-e]; k[o^]f"f[-e]; 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.
[1913 Webster +PJC]

2. The coffee tree.
[1913 Webster]

Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as,
Coffea Arabica, Coffea canephora, {Coffea
occidentalis}, and Coffea 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".
[1913 Webster]

3. The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground
berry of the coffee tree.
[1913 Webster]

They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . .
This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and
helpeth digestion. --Bacon.
[1913 Webster]

4. a cup of coffee[3], especially one served in a restaurant;
as, we each had two donuts and a coffee; three coffees to
go.
[PJC]

5. a social gathering at which coffee is served, with
optional other foods or refreshments.
[PJC]

6. a color ranging from medium brown to dark brown.
[PJC]

Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into
England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in
Oxford and London.
[1913 Webster]

Coffee bug (Zool.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium
coff[ae]a}), often very injurious to the coffee tree.

Coffee rat (Zool.) See Musang.
[1913 Webster]

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