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.
GLISSADE
glissade
(noun) (ballet) a gliding or sliding step in ballet
glissade
(verb) perform a glissade, in ballet
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
glissade (plural glissades)
A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps (Wikipedia).
(ballet) A gliding step beginning and ending in a demi-plié in second position (Wikipedia).
A move in some dances such as the galop (Wikipedia).
(fencing) A fencing move that may disarm the opponent (Wikipedia).
Verb
glissade (third-person singular simple present glissades, present participle glissading, simple past and past participle glissaded)
To perform a glissade.
Source: Wiktionary
Glis`sade", n. Etym: [F., fr. glisser to slip.]
Definition: A sliding, as down a snow slope in the Alps. Tyndall.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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