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.
EMETINE
Etymology
Noun
emetine (uncountable)
(chemistry) A white crystalline bitter alkaloid, chemical formula C29H40N2O4, extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
Source: Wiktionary
Em"e*tine (; 104), n. Etym: [See Emetic.] (Chem.)
Definition: A white crystalline bitter alkaloid extracted from ipecacuanha root, and regarded as its peculiar emetic principle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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