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.
FESTUCINE
Fes*tu*cine ( or ), a. Etym: [L. festula stalk, straw. Cf. Fescue.]
Definition: Of a straw color; greenish yellow. [Obs.] A little insect of a festucine or pale green. Sir T. Browne.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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