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.
MECCA
mecca
(noun) a place that attracts many visitors; “New York is a mecca for young artists”
Mecca
(noun) joint capital (with Riyadh) of Saudi Arabia; located in western Saudi Arabia; as the birthplace of Muhammad it is the holiest city of Islam
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
mecca (plural meccas)
Alternative form of Mecca; a place to which a group of people (for example shoppers) are drawn.
Etymology
Proper noun
Mecca
A large city in the Hejaz, Saudi Arabia, the holiest place in Islam, location of the sacred Ka'ba, and to which Muslims are required to make a hajj at least once in their lifetime.
A census-designated place in Riverside County, California, United States.
Noun
Mecca (plural Meccas)
(figuratively) Any place considered to be a very important place to visit by people with a particular interest.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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