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.
ABHORRENT
abhorrent, detestable, obscene, repugnant, repulsive
(adjective) offensive to the mind; āan abhorrent deedā; āthe obscene massacre at Wounded Kneeā; āmorally repugnant customsā; ārepulsive behaviorā; āthe most repulsive character in recent novelsā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
abhorrent (comparative more abhorrent, superlative most abhorrent)
(archaic) Inconsistent with, or far removed from, something; strongly opposed [Late 16th century.]
Contrary to something; discordant. [Mid 17th century.]
Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing. [Mid 18th century.]
Detestable or repugnant. [Early 19th century.]
Usage notes
• Nouns to which abhorrent is often applied: behavior, act, crime, practice, thing.
• (opposed): abhorrent is typically followed by from.
• (contrary): abhorrent is followed by to.
Anagrams
• earthborn
Source: Wiktionary
Ab*hor"rent, a. Etym: [L. abhorens, -rentis, p. pr. of abhorrere.]
1. Abhorring; detesting; having or showing abhorrence; loathing; hence, strongly opposed to; as, abhorrent thoughts. The persons most abhorrent from blood and treason. Burke. The arts of pleasure in despotic courts I spurn abhorrent. Clover.
2. Contrary or repugnant; discordant; inconsistent; -- followed by to. "Injudicious profanation, so abhorrent to our stricter principles." Gibbon.
3. Detestable. "Pride, abhorrent as it is." I. Taylor.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) without care or thought for others; āthe thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; āLet them eat cakeāā
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