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.
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DOR
Dor, n. Etym: [Cf. AS. dora drone, locust, D. tor beetle, L. taurus a kind of beetle. Cf. Dormouse.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A large European scaraboid beetle (Geotrupes stercorarius), which makes a droning noise while flying. The name is also applied to allied American species, as the June bug. Called also dorr, dorbeetle, or dorrbeetle, dorbug, dorrfly, and buzzard clock.
Dor, n. Etym: [Cf. Dor a beetle, and Hum, Humbug.]
Definition: A trick, joke, or deception. Beau. & Fl. To give one the dor, to make a fool of him. [Archaic] P. Fletcher.
Dor, v. t.
Definition: To make a fool of; to deceive. [Obs.] [Written also dorr.] B. Jonson.
DORR
Dorr, n.
Definition: The dorbeetle; also, a drone or an idler. See 1st Dor. Robynson (More's Utopia).
Dorr, v. t.
1. To deceive. [Obs.] See Dor, v. t.
2. To deafen with noise. [Obs.] Halliwell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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