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.
SHAGGED
shagged, shaggy
(adjective) having a very rough nap or covered with hanging shags; “junipers with shagged trunks”; “shaggy rugs”
SHAG
shag
(verb) dance the shag
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)
(rare) Having or covered with shaggy hair.
(obsolete) Unkempt; clothed in rags; ragged.
(obsolete) Of garments and fabrics: having a rough or long nap.
Covered with scrub, trees, or rough or shaggy growth.
Jagged; having a rough, uneven surface.
Of hair: long; rough; shaggy.
Verb
shagged
simple past tense and past participle of shag
Etymology 2
Adjective
shagged (comparative more shagged, superlative most shagged)
(slang, vulgar) Extremely tired.
Synonyms
• See also fatigued
Source: Wiktionary
Shag"ged, a.
Definition: Shaggy; rough. Milton.
– Shag"ged*ness, n. Dr. H. More.
SHAG
Shag, n. Etym: [AS. sceacga a bush of hair; akin to Icel. skegg the beard, Sw. skägg, Dan. skj. Cf. Schock of hair.]
1. Coarse hair or nap; rough, woolly hair. True Witney broadcloth, with its shag unshorn. Gay.
2. A kind of cloth having a long, coarse nap.
3. (Com.)
Definition: A kind of prepared tobacco cut fine.
4. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any species of cormorant.
Shag, a.
Definition: Hairy; shaggy. Shak.
Shag, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Shagged; p. pr. & vb. n. Shagging.]
Definition: To make hairy or shaggy; hence, to make rough. Shag the green zone that bounds the boreal skies. J. Barlow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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