coffee bush noun2 •A plant of the genus Coffea, from which coffee is sourced. •(Australia) A small mimosoid shrub or tree, Leucaena leucocephala, native to the Neotropics, growing as a weed in tropical and subtropical Australia; white popinac.[I]n disturbed areas, like East Point, exotic trees like poinciana and "coffee bush" invade the edges. — 1987 formscoffee bushes