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.
BARBET
barbet
(noun) small brightly colored stout-billed tropical bird having short weak wings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
barbet (plural barbets)
Any of numerous arboreal birds of the families Capitonidae, Lybiidae, and Megalaimidae, within the order Piciformes.
A dog of a small-bodied breed with long curly hair.
A larva that feeds on aphids.
Synonyms
• (dog) French Water Dog
Anagrams
• rabbet
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"bet, n. Etym: [F. barbet, fr.barbe beard, long hair of certain animals. See Barb beard.] (Zoöl.) (a) A variety of small dog, having long curly hair. (b) A bird of the family Bucconidæ, allied to the Cuckoos, having a large, conical beak swollen at the base, and bearded with five bunches of stiff bristles; the puff bird. It inhabits tropical America and Africa. (c) A larva that feeds on aphides.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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