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.
ELOCUTION
elocution
(noun) an expert manner of speaking involving control of voice and gesture
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
elocution (countable and uncountable, plural elocutions)
The art of public speaking with expert control of gesture and voice, etc.
Anagrams
• coelution
Source: Wiktionary
El`o*cu"tion, n. Etym: [L. elocutio, fr. eloqui, elocutus, to speak out: cf. F. Ă©locution. See Eloquent.]
1. Utterance by speech. [R.] [Fruit] whose taste . . . Gave elocution to the mute, and taught The tongue not made for speech to speak thy praise. Milton.
2. Oratorical or expressive delivery, including the graces of intonation, gesture, etc.; style or manner of speaking or reading in public; as, clear, impressive elocution. "The elocution of a reader." Whately
3. Suitable and impressive writing or style; eloquent diction. [Obs.] To express these thoughts with elocution. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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