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.
PARAPH
paraph
(noun) a flourish added after or under your signature (originally to protect against forgery)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
paraph (plural paraphs)
A flourish made after or below one's signature, originally to prevent forgery.
A mark used by medieval rubricators to indicate textual division.
Verb
paraph (third-person singular simple present paraphs, present participle paraphing, simple past and past participle paraphed)
(transitive) To add a paraph to; to sign, especially with one's initials.
Source: Wiktionary
Par"aph, n. Etym: [F. paraphe, parafe, contr. fr. paragraphe.]
Definition: A flourish made with the pen at the end of a signature. In the Middle Ages, this formed a sort of rude safeguard against forgery. Brande & C.
Par"aph, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Paraphed; p. pr. & vb. n. Paraphing.] Etym: [Cf. F. parapher, parafer.]
Definition: To add a paraph to; to sign, esp. with the initials.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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