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.
SUPPLETORY
Noun
suppletory (plural suppletories)
A source of supply.
A supplement.
Adjective
suppletory (comparative more suppletory, superlative most suppletory)
Supplying deficiencies; supplementary.
a suppletory oath
Source: Wiktionary
Sup"ple*tive, Sup"ple*to*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. F. supplétif, LL. suppletivus, from L. supplere, suppletum, to fill up. See Supply.]
Definition: Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; as, a suppletory oath.
Sup"ple*to*ry, n.; pl. Suppletories (.
Definition: That which is to supply what is wanted. Invent suppletories to excuse an evil man. Jer. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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