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.
PLAIT
pleat, plait
(noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
braid, plait, tress, twist
(noun) a hairdo formed by braiding or twisting the hair
plait
(verb) weave into plaits; “plait hair”
braid, lace, plait
(verb) make by braiding or interlacing; “lace a tablecloth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
plait (plural plaits)
A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat.
A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat.
Verb
plait (third-person singular simple present plaits, present participle plaiting, simple past and past participle plaited)
(transitive) To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat
(transitive) To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid
Anagrams
• Patil, Pilat, lapti
Source: Wiktionary
Plait, n. Etym: [OE. playte, OF. pleit, L. plicatum, plicitum, p.p. of plicare to fold, akin to plectere to plait. See Ply, and cf. Plat to weave, Pleat, Plight fold.]
1. A flat fold; a doubling, as of cloth; a pleat; as, a box plait. The plaits and foldings of the drapery. Addison.
2. A braid, as of hair or straw; a plat. Polish plait. (Med.) Same as Plica.
Plait, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plaited; p. pr. & vb. n. Plaiting.]
1. To fold; to double in narrow folds; to pleat; as, to plait a ruffle.
2. To interweave the strands or locks of; to braid; to plat; as, to plait hair; to plait rope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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