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.
COSTA
rib, costa
(noun) any of the 12 pairs of curved arches of bone extending from the spine to or toward the sternum in humans (and similar bones in most vertebrates)
costa
(noun) a riblike part of a plant or animal (such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein of an insect wing)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
costa (plural costas or costae)
(anatomy) A rib.
(biology) A riblike part of a plant or animal, such as a middle rib of a leaf or a thickened vein or the margin of an insect wing.
(entomology) The vein forming the leading edge of most insect wings.
Synonyms
• (vein of insect wing): C
Anagrams
• Ascot, Casto, Coats, Cotas, Sacto, Tosca, ascot, catso, coast, coats, octas, scato-, scoat, tacos
Etymology
Proper noun
Costa (plural er-noun or Costas)
A surname.
A Italian surname.
A Galician surname.
A French surname.
A Occitan surname.
A Spanish surname.
A Catalonian surname.
A Portuguese surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Cos"ta (ks"t), n. Etym: [L., rib. See Coast.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: A rib of an animal or a human being.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: A rib or vein of a leaf, especially the midrib.
3. (Zoöl.) (a) The anterior rib in the wing of an insect. (b) One of the riblike longitudinal ridges on the exterior of many corals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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