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.
SPINIFEXES
Noun
spinifexes
plural of spinifex
Source: Wiktionary
SPINIFEX
Spin"i*fex, n. [NL.; L. spina spine + facere to make.]
1. (Bot.) A genus of chiefly Australian grasses, the seeds of which bear an elastic spine. S. hirsutus (black grass) and S. longifolius are useful as sand binders. S. paradoxusis a valuable perennial fodder plant. Also, a plant of this genus.
2. Any of several Australian grasses of the genus Tricuspis, which often form dense, almost impassable growth, their leaves being stiff and sharp-pointed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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