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COFFEE [2 records]

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Record 1 2025-10-01

English

Subject field(s)
  • Beverages
DEF

A beverage made by percolation, infusion, or decoction from the roasted and ground seeds of a coffee plant.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Boissons (Industrie de l'alimentation)
DEF

Infusion préparée avec des fèves de caféier torréfiées et moulues.

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Bebidas
DEF

Bebida que se hace por infusión con la semilla tostada y molida del cafeto.

OBS

café: La Fundación del Español Urgente (Fundéu BBVA), con el asesoramiento de la Real Academia Española, indica que el plural de "café" es "cafés" y no es recomendable el uso de "cafeses". [...] Según la Nueva gramática de la lengua española, como diminutivos de "café" se suelen usar "cafecito", "cafetito", "cafelito" (propio del habla popular de España) y "cafeíto" (en las Antillas).

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Record 2 2011-09-13

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Drug and Beverage Crops
DEF

Tropical evergreen shrub ... (genus Coffea, family Rubiaceae), ... cultivated for its seeds, or beans, which are ... sold for brewing coffee.

CONT

A coffee plant bears its first fruits in five to eight years ... from which coffee seeds or beans are obtained.

Key term(s)
  • coffee shrub

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Culture des plantes alcaloïfères
DEF

Arbuste (famille rubiacées) à feuilles persistantes [...] cultivé pour sa graine (café).

CONT

Les caféiers peuvent mesurer 3 m dans les plantations et jusqu'à 10 m dans la nature.

Key term(s)
  • plant de café

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Botánica
  • Cultivo de plantas que contienen alcaloides
DEF

Árbol de la familia de las Rubiáceas, originario de Etiopía, de cuatro a seis metros de altura, con hojas opuestas, lanceoladas, persistentes y de [...] color verde, flores blancas y olorosas, [...] fruto en baya roja, cuya semilla es el café.

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