CAREFULNESS

carefulness

(noun) the quality of being careful and painstaking; “I admired the carefulness of his work”

caution, cautiousness, carefulness

(noun) the trait of being cautious; being attentive to possible danger; “a man of caution”

Source: WordNet® 3.1


Etymology

Noun

carefulness (usually uncountable, plural carefulnesses)

The state of being careful.

Source: Wiktionary


Care"ful*ness, n.

Definition: Quality or state of being careful.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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SYCAMORE

(noun) Eurasian maple tree with pale grey bark that peels in flakes like that of a sycamore tree; leaves with five ovate lobes yellow in autumn


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Coffee Trivia

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.

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