arabica

plural arabicas

1. uncountableusuallyA plant of species Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia, that yields coffee beans.
2. uncountableusuallyA bean of this plant.

   Arabica, which has long been prized for its delicate and aromatic flavour, accounts for 70% of the global coffee market share. But it is particularly sensitive to temperature increases, which reduce its growth, flowering and fruiting and make it more susceptible to coffee pests.

   2015 May 1, Sam Jones, “Coffee catastrophe beckons as climate change threatens arabica plant”, in The Guardian

3. uncountableusuallyCoffee made from these coffee beans.