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.
CARBURET
carburet
(verb) combine with carbon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
carburet (third-person singular simple present carburets, present participle carburetting or carbureting, simple past and past participle carburetted or carbureted)
(transitive) To react with carbon.
(transitive) To mix (air) with hydrocarbons, especially with petroleum, as in an internal combustion engine.
Noun
carburet (plural carburets)
(chemistry, dated) A carbide.
Source: Wiktionary
Car"bu*ret, n. Etym: [From Carbon.] (Chem.)
Definition: A carbide. See Carbide [Archaic]
Car"bu*ret, v. t. [imp & p. p. Carbureted or Carburetted (p. pr. & vb. n. Carbureting or Carburetting.]
Definition: To combine or to impregnate with carbon, as by passing through or over a liquid hydrocarbon; to carbonize or carburize. By carbureting the gas you may use poorer coal. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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