PALAS

dhak, dak, palas, Butea frondosa, Butea monosperma

(noun) East Indian tree bearing a profusion of intense vermilion velvet-textured blooms and yielding a yellow dye

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

palas

A tree of eastern India and Burma, Butea monosperma.

Synonyms

• dhak

• flame of the forest

Anagrams

• alaps, lapas, palsa, plaas, salpa

Source: Wiktionary



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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.

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