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.
PIGNUT
pignut, pignut hickory, brown hickory, black hickory, Carya glabra
(noun) an American hickory tree having bitter nuts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pignut (plural pignuts)
The edible tuber of Conopodium majus, native to western Europe.
(US) Any of various types of hickory or their fruits; a hognut.
Simmondsia chinensis, jojoba.
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Source: Wiktionary
Pig"nut, n. (Bot.) (a) See Groundnut (d). (b) The bitter-flavored nut of a species of hickory (Carya glabra, or porcina); also, the tree itself.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) marked by richness and fullness of flavor; “a rich ruby port”; “full-bodied wines”; “a robust claret”; “the robust flavor of fresh-brewed coffee”
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