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.
APOCARPOUS
apocarpous
(adjective) (of ovaries of flowering plants) consisting of carpels that are free from one another as in buttercups or roses
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
apocarpous (not comparable)
(botany) Having carpels that are not joined
Source: Wiktionary
Ap`o*car"pous, a. Etym: [Pref. apo- + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: Either entirely of partially separate, as the carpels of a compound pistil; -- opposed to syncarpous. Lindley.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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