Definition of: coffee

(kôf′ē, kof′ē) noun
1. The seeds or beans enclosed in the dark berrylike fruit of a tropical evergreen shrub (genus Coffea), native in Asia and Africa and widely grown in Brazil.
2. A beverage made from the roasted and ground beans of this plant.
3. The shrub or tree itself.
4. The brown color of coffee, especially of coffee when containing milk or cream.
—black coffee Coffee taken without milk or cream. [<Ital. caffé <Turkish qahveh <Arabic qahwah]