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.
STONEWORT
stonewort
(noun) any of various submerged aquatic algae of the genus Chara having nodes with whorled filamentlike branches; usually encrusted with calcium carbonate deposits
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
stonewort (plural stoneworts)
Any of various complex algae of the family Characeae, known for being branched and having enclosed egg cells.
Source: Wiktionary
Stone"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the genus Chara; -- so called because they are often incrusted with carbonate of lime. See Chara.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LININ
(noun) an obsolete term for the network of viscous material in the cell nucleus on which the chromatin granules were thought to be suspended
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