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.
CASHEW
cashew, cashew nut
(noun) kidney-shaped nut edible only when roasted
cashew, cashew tree, Anacardium occidentale
(noun) tropical American evergreen tree bearing kidney-shaped nuts that are edible only when roasted
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cashew (plural cashews)
A tree, Anacardium occidentale, native to northeastern Brazil, now widely grown in tropical climates for its cashew nuts and cashew apples.
Synonym: acajou
A cashew nut.
Anagrams
• Chewas
Source: Wiktionary
Ca*shew", n. Etym: [F. acajou, for cajou, prob. from Malay kayu tree; cf. Pg. acaju, cf. Acajou.] (Bot.)
Definition: A tree (Anacardium occidentale) of the same family which the sumac. It is native in tropical America, but is now naturalized in all tropical countries. Its fruit, a kidney-shaped nut, grows at the extremity of an edible, pear-shaped hypocarp, about three inches long. Casbew nut, the large, kidney-shaped fruit of the cashew, which is edible after the caustic oil has been expelled from the shell by roasting the nut.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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