1(Originally) a coffee bean produced on Java and the nearby islands; (in later use more generally) a coffee bean.
2A variety of lima bean, the seed of the plant Phaseolus lunatus, cultivated in Java and nearby islands.
Mid 19th century; earliest use found in Annual Reports Foreign Commerce 1867.
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