From WordNet (r) 2.0 (August 2003) [wn]:
coffee
n 1: a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans;
"he ordered a cup of coffee" [syn: java]
2: any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical
Old World yielding coffee beans [syn: coffee tree]
3: a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee [syn:
coffee bean, coffee berry]
4: a medium to dark brown color [syn: chocolate, {deep
brown}, umber, burnt umber]
From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [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.
[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]