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.
BEEFEATER
yeoman, yeoman of the guard, beefeater
(noun) officer in the (ceremonial) bodyguard of the British monarch
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
Beefeater (plural Beefeaters)
(informal, British) A Yeoman Warder
Etymology
Noun
beefeater (plural beefeaters)
An African bird of the genus Buphagus, which feeds on the larvae of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc.
(obsolete) One who eats beef; a large, fleshy person; a well-fed servant.
Source: Wiktionary
Beef"eat`er, n. Etym: [Beef + eater; prob. one who eats another's beef, as his servant. Cf. AS. hlaf servant, properly a loaf eater.]
1. One who eats beef; hence, a large, fleshy person.
2. One of the yeomen of the guard, in England.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: An African bird of the genus Buphaga, which feeds on the larvæ of botflies hatched under the skin of oxen, antelopes, etc. Two species are known.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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