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.
ETIOLIN
Etymology
Noun
etiolin (usually uncountable, plural etiolins)
(biochemistry, now, rare) A yellow pigment in plants grown without sufficient light; a precursor of chlorophyll.
Source: Wiktionary
E"ti*o*lin, n. Etym: [See Etiolate.] (Bot.)
Definition: A yellowish coloring matter found in plants grown in darkness, which is supposed to be an antecedent condition of chlorophyll. Encyc. Brit.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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