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.
LOOF
Etymology 1
Noun
loof (plural loofs)
(anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The palm of the hand.
(anatomy, now, chiefly, dialectal, Northern England, Scotland) The hand, especially, the hand outspread and upturned.
Etymology 2
Noun
loof (plural loofs)
(nautical, obsolete) A contrivance (apparently a paddle or an oar) used for altering the course of a ship.
(nautical) The after part of the bow of a ship where the sides begin to curve.
Etymology 3
Noun
loof (uncountable)
The spongy fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa aegyptiaca).
Anagrams
• Olof, floo, fool
Source: Wiktionary
Loof, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The spongelike fibers of the fruit of a cucurbitaceous plant (Luffa Ægyptiaca); called also vegetable sponge.
Loof, n. Etym: [See Luff.] [Also written luff.] (Naut.) (a) Formerly, some appurtenance of a vessel which was used in changing her course; -- probably a large paddle put over the lee bow to help bring her head nearer to the wind. (b) The part of a ship's side where the planking begins to curve toward bow and stern.
Loof, v. i. (Naut.)
Definition: See Luff.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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