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.
EXCITEMENT
agitation, excitement, turmoil, upheaval, hullabaloo
(noun) disturbance usually in protest
excitation, excitement
(noun) something that agitates and arouses; “he looked forward to the excitements of the day”
exhilaration, excitement
(noun) the feeling of lively and cheerful joy; “he could hardly conceal his excitement when she agreed”
excitement, excitation, inflammation, fervor, fervour
(noun) the state of being emotionally aroused and worked up; “his face was flushed with excitement and his hands trembled”; “he tried to calm those who were in a state of extreme inflammation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
excitement (countable and uncountable, plural excitements)
(uncountable) the state of being excited (emotionally aroused).
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(countable) something that excites.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*cite"ment n. Etym: [Cf. OF. excitement, escitement.]
1. The act of exciting, or the state of being roused into action, or of having increased action; impulsion; agitation; as, an excitement of the people.
2. That which excites or rouses; that which moves, stirs, or induces action; a motive. The cares and excitements of a season of transition and struggle. Talfowrd.
3. (Physiol.)
Definition: A state of aroused or increased vital activity in an organism, or any of its organs or tissues.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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