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.
ENUCLEATE
enucleate
(verb) remove (a tumor or eye) from an enveloping sac or cover
enucleate
(verb) remove the nucleus from (a cell)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
enucleate (third-person singular simple present enucleates, present participle enucleating, simple past and past participle enucleated)
(transitive, biology) To remove the nucleus from (a cell).
(transitive, medicine) To remove without cutting into it; especially, to remove or gouge out (an eyeball or tumor).
(archaic) To explain; to lay bare.
Adjective
enucleate (not comparable)
Enucleated, having no nucleus.
Noun
enucleate (plural enucleates)
(biology) A cell which has been enucleated
Source: Wiktionary
E*nu"cle*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Enucleated; p. pr. & vb. n. Enucleating.] Etym: [L. enucleatus, p. p. of enucleare to enucleate; e out + nucleus kernel.]
1. To bring or peel out, as a kernel from its enveloping husks its enveloping husks or shell.
2. (Med.)
Definition: To remove without cutting (as a tumor).
3. To bring to light; to make clear. Sclater (1654).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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