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.
BALSA
balsa, Ochroma lagopus
(noun) forest tree of lowland Central America having a strong very light wood; used for making floats and rafts and in crafts
balsa, balsa wood
(noun) strong lightweight wood of the balsa tree used especially for floats
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
balsa (countable and uncountable, plural balsas)
A large tree, Ochroma pyramidale, native to tropical America, with wood that is very light in weight.
(uncountable) The wood of this tree.
A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
Anagrams
• Ba'als, Baals, BaĘżals, LABAs, albas, baals, balas, basal, blaas, laabs, sabal
Source: Wiktionary
Bal"sa, n. Etym: [Sp. or Pg. balsa.] (Naut.)
Definition: A raft or float, used principally on the Pacific coast of South America.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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