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.
WHIPSTITCH
whipstitch, whipping, whipstitching
(noun) a sewing stitch passing over an edge diagonally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
whipstitch (plural whipstitches)
A stitch that passes diagonally over an edge.
(derogatory, archaic) A tailor.
Anything hastily put or stitched together; a hasty composition.
(colloquial) A little bit, especially a small interval of time; an instant.
(agriculture) Half-ploughing or raftering.
Verb
whipstitch (third-person singular simple present whipstitches, present participle whipstitching, simple past and past participle whipstitched)
To sew using such a stitch.
(agriculture) To half-plough or rafter.
Source: Wiktionary
Whip"stitch`, n.
1. A tailor; -- so called in contempt.
2. Anything hastily put or stitched together; hence, a hasty composition. [R.] Dryden.
3. (Agric.)
Definition: The act or process of whipstitching.
Whip"stitch`, v. t. (Agric.)
Definition: To rafter; to plow in ridges, as land. [Eng.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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