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.
MOISTEN
moisten, wash, dampen
(verb) make moist; “The dew moistened the meadows”
drizzle, moisten
(verb) moisten with fine drops; “drizzle the meat with melted butter”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
moisten (third-person singular simple present moistens, present participle moistening, simple past and past participle moistened)
(transitive) To make moist or moister.
(intransitive) To become moist or moister.
Anagrams
• mestino, misnote
Source: Wiktionary
Mois"ten, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Moistened; p. pr. & vb. n. Moistening.]
1. To make damp; to wet in a small degree. A pipe a little moistened on the inside. Bacon.
2. To soften by making moist; to make tender. It moistened not his executioner's heart with any pity. Fuller.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SOUARI
(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
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