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.
ferule
(noun) a switch (a stick or cane or flat paddle) used to punish children
Source: WordNet® 3.1
ferule (plural ferules)
A ruler-shaped instrument, generally used to slap naughty children on the hand.
ferule (third-person singular simple present ferules, present participle feruling, simple past and past participle feruled)
(transitive) To punish with a ferule.
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Source: Wiktionary
Fer"ule ( or ; 277), n. Etym: [L. ferula: cf. F. férule. See Ferula.]
Definition: A flat piece of wood, used for striking, children, esp. on the hand, in punishment.
Fer"ule, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Feruled; p. pr. & vb. n. Feruling.]
Definition: To punish with a ferule.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
22 February 2025
(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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.