The average annual yield from one coffee tree is the equivalent of 1 to 1 1/2 pounds of roasted coffee. It takes about 4,000 hand-picked green coffee beans to make a pound of coffee.
AFFIX
affix
(noun) a linguistic element added to a word to produce an inflected or derived form
affix
(verb) attach or become attached to a stem word; “grammatical morphemes affix to the stem”
append, add on, supplement, affix
(verb) add to the very end; “He appended a glossary to his novel where he used an invented language”
affix, stick on
(verb) attach to; “affix the seal here”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
affix (plural affixes)
That which is affixed; an appendage.
Synonyms: addition, supplement, Thesaurus:adjunct
(linguistic morphology) A bound morpheme added to the word’s stem's end.
Synonyms: suffix, postfix
(linguistic morphology, broadly) A bound morpheme added to a word’s stem; a prefix, suffix, etc.
Antonym: nonaffix
Hyponyms: prefix, suffix, infix, circumfix, suprafix
(mathematics) The complex number associated with the point in the Gauss plane with coordinates .
(decorative art) Any small feature, as a figure, a flower, or the like, added for ornament to a vessel or other utensil, to an architectural feature.
Coordinate terms
• (types of affixes): adfix, affix, ambifix, circumfix, confix, infix, interfix, libfix, postfix, prefix, suffix, suprafix
• clitic
Verb
affix (third-person singular simple present affixes, present participle affixing, simple past and past participle affixed)
(transitive) To attach.
Synonyms: join, put together, unite, Thesaurus:join
(transitive) To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to.
(transitive) To fix or fasten figuratively; with on or upon.
Source: Wiktionary
Af*fix", v. t. [imp. & p. p. Affixed; p. pr. & vb. n. Affixing.] Etym: [LL. affixare, L. affixus, p. p. of affigere to fasten to; ad + figere to fasten: cf. OE. affichen, F. afficher, ultimately fr. L. affigere. See Fix.]
1. To subjoin, annex, or add at the close or end; to append to; to fix to any part of; as, to affix a syllable to a word; to affix a seal to an instrument; to affix one's name to a writing.
2. To fix or fasten in any way; to attach physically. Should they [caterpillars] affix them to the leaves of a plant improper for their food. Ray.
3. To attach, unite, or connect with; as, names affixed to ideas, or ideas affixed to things; to affix a stigma to a person; to affix ridicule or blame to any one.
4. To fix or fasten figuratively; -- with on or upon; as, eyes affixed upon the ground. [Obs.] Spenser.
Syn.
– To attach; subjoin; connect; annex; unite.
Af"fix, n.; pl. Affixes. Etym: [L. affixus, p. p. of affigere: cf. F. affixe.]
Definition: That which is affixed; an appendage; esp. one or more letters or syllables added at the end of a word; a suffix; a postfix.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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