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.
ALTRUISM
altruism, selflessness
(noun) the quality of unselfish concern for the welfare of others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
altruism (countable and uncountable, plural altruisms)
Regard for others, both natural and moral without regard for oneself; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness.
Synonyms: selflessness, philanthropy
Antonyms: egoism, selfishness, misanthropy
(biology, sociobiology) Action or behaviour that benefits another or others at some cost to the performer.
Synonym: philanthropy
Anagrams
• muralist, traulism, ultraism
Source: Wiktionary
Al"tru*ism, n. Etym: [F. altruisme (a word of Comte's), It. altrui of or to others, fr. L. alter another.]
Definition: Regard for others, both natural and moral; devotion to the interests of others; brotherly kindness; -- opposed to egoism or selfishness. [Recent] J. S. Mill.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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