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.
PETUNIA
petunia
(noun) any of numerous tropical herbs having fluted funnel-shaped flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
petunia (plural petunias)
Any of the flowering plants of genus Petunia, of which most garden varieties are hybrids.
A dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
Adjective
petunia (not comparable)
Of a dark purple colour, like that of some petunia flowers.
Source: Wiktionary
Pe*tu"ni*a, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Braz. petun tobacco.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of solanaceous herbs with funnelform or salver-shaped corollas. Two species are common in cultivation, Petunia violacera, with reddish purple flowers, and P. nyctaginiflora, with white flowers. There are also many hybrid forms with variegated corollas.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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