robusta coffee

robusta coffee
/roh bus"teuh/
1. a coffee tree, Coffea canephora, native to western tropical Africa and cultivated in warm regions of the Old World.
2. the seed of this plant.
3. the coffee made from the seeds. Cf. arabica coffee.
[1905-10; robusta < L robusta, fem. of robustus ROBUST]

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