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.
SEXTON
sexton, sacristan
(noun) an officer of the church who is in charge of sacred objects
Sexton, Anne Sexton
(noun) United States poet (1928-1974)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sexton (plural sextons)
A church official who looks after a church building and its graveyard and may act as a gravedigger and bell-ringer.
A sexton beetle.
Synonyms
• sacristan
Proper noun
Sexton
An occupational surname.
Source: Wiktionary
Sex"ton, n. Etym: [OE. sextein, contr. fr. sacristan.]
Definition: An under officer of a church, whose business is to take care of the church building and the vessels, vestments, etc., belonging to the church, to attend on the officiating clergyman, and to perform other duties pertaining to the church, such as to dig graves, ring the bell, etc. Sexton beetle (Zoöl.), a burying beetle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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