| 单词 | coffee-tree | 
| 释义 | coffee-treen. 1.  The tree or shrub from which coffee is obtained. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > coffee bean or plant > 			[noun]		 > coffee plant coffee1623 Arabian coffee1727 coffee-tree1736 arabica1845 coffee-bush1859 coffee-plant1859 coffee-shrub1866 1736    Compl. Family-piece  ii. iii. 312  				The Berries of the Coffee-tree. 1851    M. Reid Rifle Rangers i  				The breeze..carries on its wings the aroma of the coffee-tree. 1855    J. F. W. Johnston Chem. Common Life I. 203  				The Coffee-tree..attains a height in some countries not exceeding 8 or 10, but in others averaging from 15 to 20 feet. 1952    A. G. L. Hellyer Sanders' Encycl. Gardening 		(ed. 22)	 121  				Coffea (Coffee Tree)—Rubiaceae. Stove evergreen shrubs.  2.  U.S. The North American tree  Gymnocladus dioica; the Kentucky coffee-nut. ΘΚΠ the world > plants > particular plants > cultivated or valued plants > particular food plant or plant product > coffee bean or plant > 			[noun]		 > coffee plant > types of coffee-tree1784 parchment1883 stump tree1891 robusta1908 1784    J. Filson Discov. Kentucke 23  				The coffee-tree greatly resembles a black oak, grows large, and also bears a pod, in which is enclosed good coffee. 1785    G. Washington Diary 		(1925)	 II. 360  				Eight Nuts from a tree called the Kentucke Coffee tree. 1796    J. Morse Amer. Universal Geogr. 		(new ed.)	 I. 636  				The coffee-tree resembles the black oak, and bears a pod which encloses a seed, of which a drink is made not unlike coffee. 1832    D. J. Browne Sylva Americana 166  				The French of Canada call this tree Chicot..and the inhabitants of the Western States, Coffee Tree. 1868    Trans. Illinois State Agric. Soc. 1865–6 6 390  				The Coffee Tree famed for its similitude to the fruit that adds to our morning meal. 1900    H. L. Keeler Native Trees 		(1902)	 109  				Kentucky coffee tree, stump tree, gymnocladus dioicus. 1951    Dict. Gardening 		(Royal Hort. Soc.)	 II. 939/2  				The name Coffee-tree applied to G. dioica comes from the seeds having been used as a substitute for coffee by the early settlers in N. America. This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1933; most recently modified version published online December 2020). <  | 
	
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