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.
GUMMOSIS
gummosis
(noun) pathological production of gummy exudates in citrus and various stone-fruit trees
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
gummosis (countable and uncountable, plural gummoses)
The formation of patches of a gummy substance on the surface of certain plants, particularly fruit trees, caused by sap oozing from wounds or cankers.
Source: Wiktionary
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