arabica
See also: arábica
English
Etymology
See Wikipedia at Coffea arabica § Taxonomy and § History; Europeans learned of coffee from Arab peoples.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /əˈɹæbɪkə/
Noun
arabica (usually uncountable, plural arabicas)
- A species of coffee plant, Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia.
- The bean of this plant.
- Coordinate term: robusta
- 2015 May 1, Sam Jones, “Coffee catastrophe beckons as climate change threatens arabica plant”, in The Guardian:
- 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.
- Coffee made from these coffee beans.
Coordinate terms
Translations
Coffea arabica
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Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /a.ʁa.bi.ka/
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Italian
Derived terms
- penisola arabica
Anagrams
Latin
Pronunciation
- (arabica) (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈra.bi.ka/, [äˈräbɪkä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈra.bi.ka/, [äˈräːbikä]
- (arabicā) (Classical) IPA(key): /aˈra.bi.kaː/, [äˈräbɪkäː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /aˈra.bi.ka/, [äˈräːbikä]
Adjective
arabica
- inflection of arabicus:
- nominative/vocative feminine singular
- nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural
Serbo-Croatian
Alternative forms
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /arǎbit͡sa/
- Hyphenation: a‧ra‧bi‧ca
Noun
aràbica f (Cyrillic spelling ара̀бица)
- A form of the Perso-Arabic script once used to write Serbo-Croatian.
Slovene
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