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.
SPHAGNUM
sphagnum, sphagnum moss, peat moss, bog moss
(noun) any of various pale or ashy mosses of the genus Sphagnum whose decomposed remains form peat
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
sphagnum (plural sphagnums)
Any of various widely distributed mosses, of genus Sphagnum, which slowly decompose to form peat.
Synonym: peat moss
Source: Wiktionary
Sphag"num, n. Etym: [NL., fr/ Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of mosses having white leaves slightly tinged with red or green and found growing in marshy places; bog moss; peat moss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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