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.
CASUARINA
casuarina
(noun) any of various trees and shrubs of the genus Casuarina having jointed stems and whorls of scalelike leaves; some yield heavy hardwood
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
casuarina (plural casuarinas)
Any of several trees, of the genus Casuarina, that have segmented stems; especially the ironwood and beefwood
Source: Wiktionary
Cas`u*a*ri"na, n. Etym: [NL., supposed to be named from the resemblance of the twigs to the feathers of the cassowary, of the genus Casuarius.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of leafles trees or shrubs, with drooping branchlets of a rushlike appearance, mostly natives of Australia. Some of them are large, producing hard and heavy timber of excellent quality, called beefwood from its color.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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