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Webster 1913 Edition
Coextensive
Coˊex-ten′sive
,Adj.
Equally extensive; having equal extent;
as, consciousness and knowledge are
. coextensive
Sir W. Hamilton.
– Coˊex-ten′sive-ly
, adv.
Noun.
2.
The coffee tree.
☞ There are several species of the coffee tree, as,
Coffea Arabica
, Coffea canephora
, Coffea occidentalis
, and Coffea Liberica
. The white, fragrant flowers grow in clusters at the root of the leaves, and the fruit is a red or purple cherrylike drupe, with sweet pulp, usually containing two pyrenes, commercially called “beans” or “berries”. 3.
The beverage made by decoction of the roasted and ground berry of the coffee tree.
They have in Turkey a drink called
coffee
. . . . This drink comforteth the brain and heart, and helpeth digestion. Bacon.
☞ The use of coffee is said to have been introduced into England about 1650, when coffeehouses were opened in Oxford and London.
Coffee bug
(Zool.)
, a species of scale insect (
– Lecanium coffæa
), often very injurious to the coffee tree. Coffee rat
(Zool.)
See
Musang
.Webster 1828 Edition
Coextensive
COEXTENSIVE
,Adj.