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.
ARBOVIRUS
arbovirus, arborvirus
(noun) a large heterogeneous group of RNA viruses divisible into groups on the basis of the virions; they have been recovered from arthropods, bats, and rodents; most are borne by arthropods; they are linked by the epidemiologic concept of transmission between vertebrate hosts by arthropod vectors (mosquitoes, ticks, sandflies, midges, etc.) that feed on blood; they can cause mild fevers, hepatitis, hemorrhagic fever, and encephalitis
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
arbovirus (plural arboviruses)
(pathology, virology) Any virus that is transmitted by an arthropod.
Hyponyms
• (arthropod-transmitted virus): tibovirus
Coordinate terms
• (arthropod-transmitted virus): robovirus
Source: Wiktionary
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