# arabica

> English word · Noun · IPA /əˈɹæbɪkə/ · frequency rank #57,863

## Definitions
1. A plant of species Coffea arabica, native to Ethiopia, that yields coffee beans.
2. A bean of this plant.
3. Coffee made from these coffee beans.

## Etymology
See Wikipedia at Coffea arabica § Taxonomy and § History; Europeans learned of coffee from Arab peoples.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/arabica
