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.
RHODOPSIN
Etymology
Noun
rhodopsin (countable and uncountable, plural rhodopsins)
(biochemistry) A light-sensitive pigment in the rod cells of the retina; it consists of an opsin protein bound to the carotenoid retinal
Synonyms
• visual purple
Anagrams
• donorship, phoronids
Source: Wiktionary
Rho*dop"sin, n. Etym: [Gr. "ro`don rose + "w`ps eye.] (Physiol.)
Definition: The visual purple. See under Visual.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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