Etymology

arabica

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Today it means: A plant of species Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia, that yields coffee beans. Full definition →

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See Wikipedia at Coffea arabica § Taxonomy and § History; Europeans learned of coffee from Arab peoples.

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