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.
ELLAGIC
Etymology
Adjective
ellagic (not comparable)
Of or pertaining to gallnuts.
Source: Wiktionary
El*lag"ic, a. Etym: [F., fr. galle gall (with the letters reversed).] (Chem.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or derived from, gallnuts or gallic acid; as, ellagic acid. Ellagic acid (Chem.), a white crystalline substance, C14H8O9, found in bezoar stones, and obtained by the oxidation of gallic acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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