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coffee bush en · NOUN

Meanings

  1. (countable, uncountable) A plant of the genus Coffea, from which coffee is sourced.
  2. (Australia, countable, uncountable) A 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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