Note: There are several species of the coffee tree, as,
{Coffea Arabica}, {C. occidentalis}, and {C. 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''.
3. The beverage made from the roasted and ground berry.
They have in Turkey a drink called coffee. . . .
This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and
helpeth digestion. --Bacon.
Note: The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into
England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in
Oxford and London.
{Coffee bug} (Zo["o]l.), a species of scale insect ({Lecanium
coff[ae]a}), often very injurious to the coffee tree.
{Coffee rat} (Zo["o]l.) See {Musang}.