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.
TURBO
Etymology 1
Noun
turbo (countable and uncountable, plural turbos)
Turbocharger.
Turbojet.
Turbomolecular pump.
(video games) Autofire.
Adjective
turbo (not comparable)
(said of a poker tournament) With rapidly-increasing blind levels.
(computing, video games) Causing or relating to increased speed.
Verb
turbo (third-person singular simple present turbos, present participle turboing, simple past and past participle turboed)
(video games) To autofire.
Etymology 2
Noun
turbo (plural turbos)
(malacology) A turban shell.
Source: Wiktionary
Tur"bo, n. Etym: [L. turbo, -inis, a top. See Turbine.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous marine gastropods of the genus Turbo or family Turbinidæ, usually having a turbinate shell, pearly on the inside, and a calcareous operculum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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