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.
HYPERBATON
hyperbaton
(noun) reversal of normal word order (as in ‘cheese I love’)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hyperbaton (plural hyperbatons or hyperbata)
(grammar) An inversion of the usual or logical order of words or phrases, for emphasis or poetic effect.
(rhetoric) Adding a word or thought to a sentence that is already semantically complete, thus drawing emphasis to the addition.
Source: Wiktionary
Hy*per"ba*ton, n. Etym: [L., fr. Gr. (Gram.)
Definition: A figurative construction, changing or inverting the natural order of words or clauses; as, "echoed the hills" for "the hills echoed." With a violent hyperbaton to transpose the text. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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