PHORMIUM

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

phormium (plural phormiums)

Any liliaceous plant in the Phormium genus, New Zealand flax.

Source: Wiktionary


Phor"mi*um, n. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species (Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Coffee Trivia

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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