Coffea

See also: coffea

Translingual

Etymology

From New Latin, from European vernacular words for coffee (cognate in various vernaculars), from Arabic قَهْوَة (qahwa); Carl Linnaeus coined the genus name in 1737.

Proper noun

Coffea f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Rubiaceae – the coffee plants.

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