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.
FOSSILIZES
Verb
fossilizes
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of fossilize
Source: Wiktionary
FOSSILIZE
Fos"sil*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fossilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fossilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fossiliser.]
1. To convert into a fossil; to petrify; as, to fossilize bones or wood.
2. To cause to become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, as by fossilization; to mummify; to deaden. Ten layers of birthdays on a woman's head Are apt to fossilize her girlish mirth. Mrs. Browning.
Fos"sil*ize, v. i.
1. To become fossil.
2. To become antiquated, rigid, or fixed, beyond the influence of change or progress.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) (music) playing in a different key from the key intended; moving the pitch of a piece of music upwards or downwards
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