HALESIA

Halesia, genus Halesia

(noun) deciduous small trees or shrubs of China and eastern North America

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Ha*le"si*a, n. Etym: [NL.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of American shrubs containing several species, called snowdrop trees, or silver-bell trees. They have showy, white flowers, drooping on slender pedicels.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

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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