arabica
/əˈɹæbɪkə/
arabica noun: a plant of species Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia, that yields coffee beans.
Noun
arabica (usually uncountable, plural arabicas)
- A plant of species Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia, that yields coffee beans.
- A bean of this plant.
- Arabica, which has long been prized for its delicate and aromatic flavour, accounts for 70% of the global coffee market share. But it is particularly sensitive to temperature increases, which reduce its growth, flowering and fruiting and make it more susceptible to coffee pests.2015 May 1, Sam Jones, “Coffee catastrophe beckons as climate change threatens arabica plant”, in The Guardian
- Coffee made from these coffee beans.
Forms of arabica
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Origin of arabica
See Wikipedia at Coffea arabica § Taxonomy and § History; Europeans learned of coffee from Arab peoples.
Questions about arabica
- What does arabica mean?
- Arabica means a plant of species Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia, that yields coffee beans.
- What part of speech is arabica?
- Arabica is a noun.
- How do you pronounce arabica?
- Arabica is pronounced /əˈɹæbɪkə/.
- What is the plural of arabica?
- The plural of arabica is arabicas.
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