Noun:1: java, coffee a beverage consisting of an infusion of ground coffee beans; "he ordered a cup of coffee" 2: coffee tree, coffee any of several small trees and shrubs native to the tropical Old World yielding coffee beans 3: coffee, coffee bean, coffee berry a seed of the coffee tree; ground to make coffee 4: coffee, umber, burnt umber, chocolate, deep brown a medium brown to dark-brown color