coffee bean

noun

plural coffee beans
: the usually dried and roasted seed of a tropical plant (genus Coffea and especially C. arabica and C. canephora) from which coffee (see coffee sense 1a) is prepared

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The launch features coffee beans that tie into the existing Coffee Bean hue and a Coffee Bean Collagen Whip Cold Brew. Essence, 24 Feb. 2025 More ideas: Pick up some coffee beans — or just a coffee! Lucille Sherman, Axios, 12 Feb. 2025 Los Angeles sends out beauty the way other places export coffee beans. Allure Editors, Allure, 17 Jan. 2025 But importing Colombian coffee beans could soon become more expensive if the Trump administration levies tariffs, as the president has threatened. Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 28 Feb. 2025 See All Example Sentences for coffee bean

Word History

First Known Use

1688, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of coffee bean was in 1688

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“Coffee bean.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/coffee%20bean. Accessed 20 Mar. 2025.

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