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.
CONSTRICTED
constricted
(adjective) drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; “a constricted blood vessel”; “a constricted view of life”
constricted
(adjective) especially tense; especially in some dialects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
constricted
simple past tense and past participle of constrict
Source: Wiktionary
Con*strict"ed, a.
1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.
CONSTRICT
Con*strict", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constricted; p.pr. & vb.n. Constricting.] Etym: [L. constrictus, p.p. of constringere. See Constrain.]
Definition: To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or ause to shrink. Such things as constrict the fibers. Arbuthnot. Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction constrict. Todd & Bowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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