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.
PHLOEM
phloem, bast
(noun) (botany) tissue that conducts synthesized food substances (e.g., from leaves) to parts where needed; consists primarily of sieve tubes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
phloem (plural phloems)
(botany) A vascular tissue in land plants primarily responsible for the distribution of sugars and nutrients manufactured in the shoot
Source: Wiktionary
Phlo"ëm, n. Etym: [Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: That portion of fibrovascular bundles which corresponds to the inner bark; the liber tissue; -- distinguished from xylem.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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