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.
HYALOID
hyaline, hyaloid
(adjective) resembling glass in transparency or translucency; “the morning is as clear as diamond or as hyaline”-Sacheverell Sitwell
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hyaloid (comparative more hyaloid, superlative most hyaloid)
transparent or glassy
Noun
hyaloid (plural hyaloids)
(anatomy) The hyaloid membrane
Anagrams
• Holiday, holiday, hyoidal
Source: Wiktionary
Hy"a*loid, a. Etym: [Gr. hyaloïde.] (Anat.)
Definition: Resembling glass; vitriform; transparent; hyaline; as, the hyaloid membrane, a very delicate membrane inclosing the vitreous humor of the eye.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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