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.
NICTITATE
blink, wink, nictitate, nictate
(verb) briefly shut the eyes; “The TV announcer never seems to blink”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
nictitate (third-person singular simple present nictitates, present participle nictitating, simple past and past participle nictitated)
(transitive) to wink or blink
Source: Wiktionary
Nic"ti*tate, v. i. Etym: [See Nictate.]
Definition: To wink; to nictate. Nictitating membrance (Anat.), a thin membrance, found in many animals at the inner angle, or beneath the lower lid, of the eye, and capable of being drawn across the eyeball; the third eyelid; the haw.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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