coffee bush

noun

A plant of the genus Coffea, from which coffee is sourced.

Meanings

nouncoffee bush (countable and uncountable, plural coffee bushes)

plural coffee bushes

  1. countableuncountableA plant of the genus Coffea, from which coffee is sourced.
  2. AustraliacountableuncountableA small mimosoid shrub or tree, Leucaena leucocephala, native to the Neotropics, growing as a weed in tropical and subtropical Australia; white popinac.

    [I]n disturbed areas, like East Point, exotic trees like poinciana and "coffee bush" invade the edges.

    1987, Hilary Thompson, Common Birds of the Darwin Area, Winnellie: Sandpiper Productions, page vii
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