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.
HOOPOO
hoopoe, hoopoo
(noun) any of several crested Old World birds with a slender downward-curved bill
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
hoopoo (plural hoopoos)
Archaic form of hoopoe.
Source: Wiktionary
Hoop"oe, Hoop"oo, n. Etym: [So called from its cry; cf. L. upupa, Gr. hop, F. huppe; cf. also G. wiedenhopf, OHG. wituhopfo, lit., wood hopper.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A European bird of the genus Upupa (U. epops), having a beautiful crest, which it can erect or depress at pleasure. Called also hoop, whoop. The name is also applied to several other species of the same genus and allied genera.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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