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.
STAIRCASE
stairway, staircase
(noun) a way of access (upward and downward) consisting of a set of steps
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
staircase (plural staircases)
A flight of stairs; a stairway.
A connected set of flights of stairs; a stairwell.
A set of locks (enclosed sections of waterway) mounted one above the next.
Verb
staircase (third-person singular simple present staircases, present participle staircasing, simple past and past participle staircased)
(transitive) To modify (a signal, a graph, etc.) so as to reduce a smooth curve to a series of discrete steps.
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Source: Wiktionary
Stair"case`, n.
Definition: A flight of stairs with their supporting framework, casing, balusters, etc. To make a complete staircase is a curious piece of architecture. Sir H. Wotton. Staircase shell. (Zoöl.) (a) Any scalaria, or wentletrap. (b) Any species of Solarium, or perspective shell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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