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.
TRIGLYCERIDE
triglyceride
(noun) glyceride occurring naturally in animal and vegetable tissues; it consists of three individual fatty acids bound together in a single large molecule; an important energy source forming much of the fat stored by the body
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
triglyceride (plural triglycerides)
(chemistry) A lipid, an ester of glycerol and three fatty acids (the same or different); the major constituent of animal and vegetable fats.
Source: Wiktionary
Tri*glyc"er*ide, n. Etym: [Pref. tri- + glyceride.] (Chem.)
Definition: A glyceride formed by the replacement of three hydrogen atoms in glycerin by acid radicals.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DISKETTE
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