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.
SEPIOLITE
meerschaum, sepiolite
(noun) a white clayey mineral
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sepiolite (countable and uncountable, plural sepiolites)
(mineral) A hydrated magnesium silicate, clay mineral used for carving into decorative articles and smoking pipes.
Synonym: meerschaum
Source: Wiktionary
Se"pi*o*lite`, n. Etym: [Septa + -lite.] (Min.)
Definition: Meerschaum. See Meerschaum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(noun) the use of closed-class words instead of inflections: e.g., ‘the father of the bride’ instead of ‘the bride’s father’
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