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peaberry|ˈpiːbɛrɪ|
[f. pea1 + berry n.1]
Name for the single round seed of the coffee-plant, occurring towards the end of the branches, through abortion of one of the usual two seeds in the fruit.
The peaberries have a higher commercial value, and are sifted out from the ordinary beans.
1879Spon Encycl. Arts, Manuf., etc. I. 691 The ‘beans’, usually a pair of oval, plano-convex seeds, though sometimes there is but one seed, called, from its shape, ‘peaberry’. 1893Sir G. Watts Dict. Econ. Prod. India s.v., There are three commercial types as to form: Mocha, small round peaberry; Bourbon, pointed and medium-sized; and Martinique, large and flattened. |