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.
WALLABY
wallaby, brush kangaroo
(noun) any of various small or medium-sized kangaroos; often brightly colored
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
Wallaby (plural Wallabies)
(rugby) A player for the Wallabies, the Australian national rugby union team.
Etymology
Noun
wallaby (plural wallabies)
Any of several species of marsupial; usually smaller and stockier than kangaroos
Source: Wiktionary
Wal"la*by, n.; pl. Wallabies. Etym: [From a native name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any one of numerous species of kangaroos belonging to the genus Halmaturus, native of Australia and Tasmania, especially the smaller species, as the brush kangaroo (H. Bennettii) and the pademelon (H. thetidis). The wallabies chiefly inhabit the wooded district and bushy plains. [Written also wallabee, and whallabee.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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