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单词 caffiaceous
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caffiaceousadj.

Origin: Apparently a borrowing from Latin, combined with an English element. Etymons: Latin coffiaceae , caffeaceae , -ous suffix.
Etymology: Apparently < scientific Latin coffiaceae (1834 or earlier) or caffeaceae (1831 or earlier), variants of coffeaceae (1824; < Coffea , genus name (see coffee n.) + -aceae : see -aceous suffix) + -ous suffix.Previous versions of the OED give the stress as: caffiˈaceous.
rare.
Allied to the botanical genus Coffea, of which Coffea arabica is the coffee shrub.
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caffiaceous1865
arabica1922
1865 D. Livingstone & C. Livingstone Narr. Exped. Zambesi xxvii. 563 Several caffiaceous bushes..grew near, but no use was ever made of them.
This entry has not yet been fully updated (first published 1888; most recently modified version published online December 2019).
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