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.
EBURNATION
eburnation
(noun) a change that occurs in degenerative joint disease in which bone is converted into a dense smooth substance resembling ivory
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
eburnation (countable and uncountable, plural eburnations)
A degenerative process of bone, occurring at sites of articular cartilage erosion and commonly found in patients with osteoarthritis. Subchondral bone responds to increased friction by generating reactive, ivory-like dense bone at the site of erosion.
Source: Wiktionary
E`bur*na"tion, n. Etym: [L. eburnus of ivory, fr. ebur ivory: cf. F. Ă©burnation. See Ivory.] (Med.)
Definition: A condition of bone cartilage occurring in certain diseases of these tissues, in which they acquire an unnatural density, and come to resemble ivory.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Word of the Day
16 November 2024
LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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