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.
POLYNEME
Pol"y*neme, n. Etym: [Poly- + Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of tropical food fishes of the family Polynemidæ. They have several slender filaments, often very long, below the pectoral fin. Some of them yield isinglass of good quality. Called also threadfish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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