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Definition of California coffee
1. Noun. Evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits.
Lexicographical Neighbors of California Coffee
Literary usage of California coffee
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Wild Flowers of California: Their Names, Haunts, and Habits by Mary Elizabeth Parsons (1906)
"California coffee. Rhamnus Californica, Esch. Buckthorn Family. Shrubs.—Four to
eighteen feet high. Leaves.—Alternate; elliptic to oblong; denticulate or ..."
2. The American Botanist edited by Willard Nelson Clute (1915)
"... a beautiful shrub of the rose family with large clusters of red berries among
the thick evergreen leaves; the coffee berry or California coffee (Rhamnus ..."
3. The Home Messenger Book of Tested Receipts by Isabella Graham Duffield Stewart, Sally B. Sill, Mary B. Duffield (1878)
"The white of an egg, thoroughly beaten and added (California coffee) to thin
cream or rich milk, is also very nice. ..."
4. The Shell Book: A Popular Guide to a Knowledge of the Families of Living by Julia Ellen Rogers (1908)
"The California coffee-bean Shell (T. Californica, Gray) is about the shape and
size of a large grain of coffee. The dorsal depression is shallow, ..."
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