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.
OSCULATORY
Noun
osculatory (plural osculatories)
(Christianity) A religious tablet, usually carrying a representation of Christ or the Virgin Mary, which is kissed by the priest during the Mass ("kiss of peace"); it is then passed to others at the mass who also kiss it.
Synonyms
• pax
Adjective
osculatory (comparative more osculatory, superlative most osculatory)
(formal) Of or relating to kissing.
(geometry) Relating to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation.
Anagrams
• cotylosaur
Source: Wiktionary
Os"cu*la*to*ry, a.
1. Of or pertaining to kissing; kissing. "The osculatory ceremony." Thackeray.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: Pertaining to, or having the properties of, an osculatrix; capable of osculation; as, a circle may be osculatory with a curve, at a given point. Osculatory circle. (Geom.) See Osculating circle of a curve, under Circle.
– Osculatory plane (to a curve of double curvature), a plane which passes through three successive points of the curve.
– Osculatory sphere (to a line of double curvature), a sphere passing through four consecutive points of the curve.
Os"cu*la*to*ry, n. Etym: [LL. osculatorium. See Osculate.] (R. C. Ch.)
Definition: Same as Pax, 2.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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