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.
GLUTINOUS
gluey, glutinous, gummy, mucilaginous, pasty, sticky, viscid, viscous
(adjective) having the sticky properties of an adhesive
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
glutinous (comparative more glutinous, superlative most glutinous)
glue-like, sticky, viscid.
Of the nature of gluten.
Containing gluten.
Source: Wiktionary
Glu"ti*nous, a. Etym: [L. glutinosus, fr. gluten glue: cf. F. glutineux. See Gluten.]
1. Of the nature of glue; resembling glue; viscous; viscid; adhesive; gluey.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Havig a moist and adhesive or sticky surface, as a leaf or gland.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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