coffee tree

noun

1
: a tree (such as arabica) that produces coffee
2

Examples of coffee tree in a Sentence

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Now, 25 farmers nurture about 400 coffee trees on Lantau Island. Chris Lau, CNN Money, 17 May 2026 Before the world complicated things with espresso machines, oat milk debates, and influencers lecturing to you about grind size, wild coffee trees were clinging to the Ethiopian highlands. John Noakes, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2026 Planting coffee trees under the shade of native trees and other species is one of these techniques. Renata Carlos Daou, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2025 More than 3,120 homes were damaged, while a significant portion of the island's farmland was also affected, with about 40% of the sugarcane crop, 75% of coffee trees and 100% of the banana crop impacted. Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 28 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coffee tree

Word History

First Known Use

1732, in the meaning defined at sense 1

Time Traveler
The first known use of coffee tree was in 1732

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“Coffee tree.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20tree. Accessed 15 Jul. 2026.

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