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.
DOCILE
docile
(adjective) willing to be taught or led or supervised or directed; “the docile masses of an enslaved nation”
docile, gentle
(adjective) easily handled or managed; “a gentle old horse, docile and obedient”
docile, teachable
(adjective) ready and willing to be taught; “docile pupils eager for instruction”; “teachable youngsters”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
docile (comparative more docile, superlative most docile)
Ready to accept instruction or direction; obedient; subservient.
Yielding to control or supervision, direction, or management.
Synonyms
• (yielding to control): compliant, malleable, meek, submissive, tractable, manageable
• (ready to accept instruction): amenable, compliant, teachable
Antonyms
• (yielding to control): perverse, defiant, rebellious, wilful
Anagrams
• cleido-, coiled, coldie
Source: Wiktionary
Doc"ile, a. Etym: [L. docilis,fr. docere to teach; cf. Gr. discere to learn, Gr. docile. Cf. Doctor, Didactic, Disciple.]
1. Teachable; easy to teach; docible. [Obs.]
2. Disposed to be taught; tractable; easily managed; as, a docile child. The elephant is at once docible and docile. C. J. Smith.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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