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.
METAGENESES
Noun
metageneses
plural of metagenesis
Source: Wiktionary
METAGENESIS
Met`a*gen"e*sis, n. Etym: [Pref. meta- + genesis.]
1. (Biol.)
Definition: The change of form which one animal species undergoes in a series of successively produced individuals, extending from the one developed from the ovum to the final perfected individual. Hence, metagenesis involves the production of sexual individuals by nonsexual means, either directly or through intervening sexless generations. Opposed to monogenesis. See Alternate generation, under Generation.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: Alternation of sexual and asexual or gemmiparous generations; - - in distinction from heterogamy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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