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.
INKHORN
Etymology
Noun
inkhorn (plural inkhorns)
(archaic) A small portable container, often made of horn, used to carry ink.
(used attributively, pejorative, of vocabulary) Pedantic, obscurely scholarly.
Source: Wiktionary
Ink"horn`, n. Etym: [Ink + horn; cf. F. cornet Ă encre, G. dintenhorn.]
Definition: A small bottle of horn or other material formerly used for holding ink; an inkstand; a portable case for writing materials. "With a writer's inkhorn by his side." Ezek. ix. 2. From his pocket the notary drew his papers and inkhorn. Longfellow.
Ink"horn", a.
Definition: Learned; pedantic; affected. [Obs.] "Inkhorn terms." Bale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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