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.
ADAPTATION
adaptation
(noun) (physiology) the responsive adjustment of a sense organ (as the eye) to varying conditions (as of light)
adaptation, version
(noun) a written work (as a novel) that has been recast in a new form; “the play is an adaptation of a short novel”
adaptation, adaption, adjustment
(noun) the process of adapting to something (such as environmental conditions)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
adaptation (countable and uncountable, plural adaptations)
(uncountable) The process of adapting something or becoming adapted to a situation; adjustment, modification.
(countable) A change that is made or undergone to suit a condition or environment.
(uncountable, evolutionary theory) The process of change that an organism undergoes to be better suited to its environment.
Antonym: maladaptation
(countable, evolutionary theory) An instance of an organism undergoing change, or the structure or behavior that is changed.
(uncountable) The process of adapting an artistic work from a different medium.
(countable, authorship) An artistic work that has been adapted from a different medium.
Source: Wiktionary
Ad`ap*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. adaptation, LL. adaptatio.]
1. The act or process of adapting, or fitting; or the state of being adapted or fitted; fitness. "Adaptation of the means to the end." Erskine.
2. The result of adapting; an adapted form.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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