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.
METACARPUS
metacarpus
(noun) the part of the hand between the carpus and phalanges
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
metacarpus (plural metacarpi)
(anatomy) The five bones that form intermediate part of the hand between the fingers and the wrist.
Source: Wiktionary
Met`a*car"pus, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Anat.)
Definition: That part of the skeleton of the hand or forefoot between the carpus and phalanges. In man it consists of five bones. See Illust. of Artiodactyla.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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