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.
CANCEROUS
cancerous
(adjective) like a cancer; an evil that grows and spreads; “remorse was cancerous within him”; “pornography is cancerous to the moral development of our children”
cancerous
(adjective) relating to or affected with cancer; “a cancerous growth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
cancerous (comparative more cancerous, superlative most cancerous)
(oncology) Relating to or affected with cancer.
Growing or spreading rapidly to the point of harm.
Extremely unpleasant; detestable.
Antonyms
• noncancerous
Source: Wiktionary
Can"cer*ous, a. [Cf. F. cancéreux]
Definition: Like a cancer; having the qualities or virulence of a cancer; affected with cancer. "cancerous vices" G. Eliot. [1913 Webster]
– Can"cer*ous*ly, adv. --Can"cer*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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