PLOSIVE

Etymology

Noun

plosive (plural plosives)

(phonetics) Sound produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

Synonyms: stop, occlusive

Hypernyms: consonant, obstruent

Adjective

plosive (comparative more plosive, superlative most plosive)

(phonetics) Produced from opening a previously closed oral passage.

Source: Wiktionary



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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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