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.
MUMBLING
mumbling, gumming
(noun) ineffectual chewing (as if without teeth)
mumbling
(noun) indistinct enunciation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
mumbling
present participle of mumble
Noun
mumbling (plural mumblings)
An act in which someone mumbles something
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Source: Wiktionary
Mum"bling, a.
Definition: Low; indistinct; inarticulate.
– Mum"bling*ly, adv.
MUMBLE
Mum"ble, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mumbled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mumbling.] Etym: [OE. momelen; cf. D. mompelen, mommelen, G. mummelen, Sw. mumla, Dan. mumle. Cf. Mum, a., Mumm, Mump, v.]
1. To speak with the lips partly closed, so as to render the sounds inarticulate and imperfect; to utter words in a grumbling indistinct manner, indicating discontent or displeasure; to mutter. Peace, you mumbling fool. Shak. A wrinkled hag, with age grown double, Picking dry sticks, and mumbling to herself. Otway.
2. To chew something gently with closed lips.
Mum"ble, v. t.
1. To utter with a low, inarticulate voice. Bp. Hall.
2. To chew or bite gently, as one without teeth. Gums unarmed, to mumble meat in vain. Dryden.
3. To suppress, or utter imperfectly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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