Lexic.us

Definition of Mogdad coffee

1. Noun. Very leafy malodorous tropical weedy shrub whose seeds have been used as an adulterant for coffee; sometimes classified in genus Cassia.

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Literary usage of Mogdad coffee

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Proceedings of the American Pharmaceutical Association at the Annual Meeting by American Pharmaceutical Association, National Pharmaceutical Convention, American Pharmaceutical Association Meeting (1882)
"Under the microscope the mixture of Arabian and mogdad coffee presented the appearance ... Arabian and mogdad coffee. a. Cuticle with the impression of the ..."

2. A Dictionary of Applied Chemistry by Thomas Edward Thorpe (1921)
"П.—Т. amounting to from 75 to 85 pc, and in chicory from 21 to 35 pc Negro or mogdad coffee consists of the seeds of Cassia occidentalis. ..."

3. Plant Names, Scientific and Popular, Including in the Case of Each Plant the by Albert Brown Lyons (1900)
"C. occidentals L. Widely diffused in tropical countries. Coffee Senna, Stinking Cassia, Styptic weed. Roasted seeds are Negro Coffee, mogdad coffee, ..."

4. The Microscopy of Vegetable Foods: With Special Reference to the Detection by Andrew Lincoln Winton, Josef Moeller, Kate Grace Barber Winton (1916)
"Seeds of coffee cassia or mogdad coffee (Cassia occidentalis L.) are raised in parts of Africa, the East and West Indies, and other tropical regions as a ..."

5. Allen's Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Modes of by Alfred Henry Allen (1912)
"In Germany, the ground and roasted seeds have been sold under the name of "Mogdad coffee," and it is said that a smaller proportion than 20% in coffee ..."

6. Commercial Organic Analysis: A Treatise on the Properties, Proximate by Alfred Henry Allen (1892)
"In Germany, the ground and roasted seeds have been sold under the name of " Mogdad coffee," and it is said that a smaller proportion than 20 per cent, ..."

7. Foods: Their Composition and Analysis: A Manual for the Use of Analytical by Alexander Wynter Blyth (1896)
"In Germany the ground and roasted seeds have been sold under the name of " Mogdad" coffee, and it is said that neither by the taste nor by the general ..."

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