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arabica
(arab|ica)
Pronunciation:
/əˈrabɪkə/
noun
1
[
mass noun
]
coffee or coffee beans from the most widely grown coffee plant.
2
the bush that produces arabica coffee beans, native to the Old World tropics.
Coffea arabica
, family
Rubiaceae
.
See also
robusta
Origin:
1920s
: from Latin, feminine of
arabicus
(see
Arabic
)
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