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.
ICHOR
pus, purulence, suppuration, ichor, sanies, festering
(noun) a fluid product of inflammation
ichor
(noun) (Greek mythology) the rarified fluid said to flow in the veins of the Gods
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
ichor (countable and uncountable, plural ichors)
the liquid that in Greek mythology was said to flow in place of blood in the veins of the gods
(poetic) any bloodlike fluid
a watery, fetid discharge from a sore
yellow bile
Anagrams
• chiro, chiro-, choir
Source: Wiktionary
I"chor, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. ichor.]
1. (Class. Myth.)
Definition: An ethereal fluid that supplied the place of blood in the veins of the gods.
2. A thin, acrid, watery discharge from an ulcer, wound, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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