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CALIFORNIA COFFEE

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does California coffee mean? 

CALIFORNIA COFFEE (noun)
  The noun CALIFORNIA COFFEE has 1 sense:

1. evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruitsplay

  Familiarity information: CALIFORNIA COFFEE used as a noun is very rare.


 Dictionary entry details 


CALIFORNIA COFFEE (noun)


Sense 1

Meaning:

Evergreen shrub of western United States bearing small red or black fruits

Classified under:

Nouns denoting plants

Synonyms:

California buckthorn; California coffee; coffeeberry; Rhamnus californicus

Hypernyms ("California coffee" is a kind of...):

buckthorn (a shrub or shrubby tree of the genus Rhamnus; fruits are source of yellow dyes or pigments)


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