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.
ENVIRONS
environs, purlieu
(noun) an outer adjacent area of any place
environment, environs, surroundings, surround
(noun) the area in which something exists or lives; “the country--the flat agricultural surround”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
environs pl (plural only)
plural of environ The surroundings; the environment.
Verb
environs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of environ
Source: Wiktionary
En*vi"rons, n. pl. Etym: [F.]
Definition: The parts or places which surround another place, or lie in its neighborhood; suburbs; as, the environs of a city or town. Chesterfield.
ENVIRON
En*vi"ron, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Environed; p. pr. & vb. n. Environing.] Etym: [F. environner, fr. environ about, thereabout; pref. en- (L. in) + OF. viron circle, circuit, fr. OF. & F. virer to turn, LL. virare to turn up and down, topsy-turvy. Cf. Veer.]
Definition: To surround; to encompass; to encircle; to hem in; to be round about; to involve or envelop. Dwelling in a pleasant glade, With mountains round about environed. Spenser. Environed he was with many foes. Shak. Environ me with darkness whilst I write. Donne.
En*vi"ron, adv. Etym: [F.]
Definition: About; around. [Obs.] Lord Godfrey's eye three times environ goes. Fairfax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CARE
(noun) activity involved in maintaining something in good working order; “he wrote the manual on car care”
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