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.
PERIOSTRACUM
Etymology
Noun
periostracum (plural periostraca)
(malacology) The proteinaceous outer sheath of many molluscan shells.
Source: Wiktionary
Per`i*os"tra*cum, n.; pl. Periostraca. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A chitinous membrane covering the exterior of many shells; -- called also epidermis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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