FRUTEX

Etymology

Noun

frutex (plural frutexes or frutices)

(botany) A plant with a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.

Source: Wiktionary


Fru"tex, n. Etym: [L.] (Bot.)

Definition: A plant having a woody, durable stem, but less than a tree; a shrub.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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.

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