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.
LITHOLOGY
petrology, lithology
(noun) the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lithology (countable and uncountable, plural lithologies)
The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.
Source: Wiktionary
Li*thol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Litho- + -logy: cf. F. lithologie.]
1. The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A treatise on stones found in the body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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