Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun The seed of the coffee-tree.
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Examples
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Howard Schultz As customers flock back to stores for their espresso fix, Starbucks Corp. Chief Executive Howard Schultz seems confident the chain can navigate its latest challenges, such as the rising coffee-bean costs and stepped-up competition from lower-priced competitors.
Coffee Talk: Starbucks Chief on Prices, McDonald's Rivalry Julie Jargon 2011
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The price cuts correspond with a pullback in green, or unroasted, coffee-bean prices, which have been marked by volatility this year.
Kraft Cuts Prices 6% on Maxwell House, Yuban Coffee Paul Ziobro 2011
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Earlier this month, Starbucks Corp. signed a deal with the government of Yunnan Province in southern China to open the company ' s first coffee-bean farm in the country, one of the fastest-growing coffee markets in the world.
Chinese Beans Slowly Wake Coffee Industry Leslie Josephs 2010
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She breathed deeply of the fragrant blossoms of a row of mature white coffee-bean trees lining the schoolyard.
Risk No Secrets Cindy Gerard 2010
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The scent of the white coffee-bean blossoms in the air.
Risk No Secrets Cindy Gerard 2010
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Supply concern drove coffee prices, too, with futures surging 20.6% as coffee-bean production in Central America was battered by a tropical storm.
Volatility Drives Gold to Records; Oil Spill Muddies Crude's Future 2010
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The scent of the white coffee-bean blossoms in the air.
Risk No Secrets Cindy Gerard 2010
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They were agnostic on the questions of coffee-bean type, roast and origin.
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She breathed deeply of the fragrant blossoms of a row of mature white coffee-bean trees lining the schoolyard.
Risk No Secrets Cindy Gerard 2010
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But watch out for coffee-bean carrying mules; they stop for no-one when returning home!
ruzuzu commented on the word coffee-bean
Does someone have a coffee list?
September 21, 2011
bilby commented on the word coffee-bean
lea's Coffee House.
September 22, 2011