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.
DEARTH
dearth, paucity
(noun) an insufficient quantity or number
dearth, famine, shortage
(noun) an acute insufficiency
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
dearth (countable and uncountable, plural dearths)
A period or condition when food is rare and hence expensive; famine.
(by extension) Scarcity; a lack or short supply.
(obsolete) Dearness; the quality of being rare or costly.
Synonyms
• (period when food is rare): famine, shortage
• (scarcity): lack, paucity, scarcity
Anagrams
• Dehart, dareth, hatred, hetdar, thread
Source: Wiktionary
Dearth, n. Etym: [OE. derthe, fr. dere. See Dear.]
Definition: Scarcity which renders dear; want; lack; specifically, lack of food on account of failure of crops; famine. There came a dearth over all the land of Egypt. Acts vii. 11. He with her press'd, she faint with dearth. Shak. Dearth of plot, and narrowness of imagination. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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