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.
ALMSHOUSE
Etymology
Noun
almshouse (plural almshouses)
A building of residence for the poor, sick or elderly of a parish. Originally founded by the Church. Usually a charity relying on donations for funding.
Synonyms
• poorhouse
Source: Wiktionary
Alms"house`, n.
Definition: A house appropriated for the use of the poor; a poorhouse.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INITIALISM
(noun) an abbreviation formed from the initial letters of the several words in the name and pronounced separately; “HTML is an initialism for HyperText Markup Language”
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