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.
EXPECTANT
enceinte, big(p), expectant, gravid, great, large, heavy, with child
(adjective) in an advanced stage of pregnancy; “was big with child”; “was great with child”
anticipant, anticipative, expectant
(adjective) marked by eager anticipation; “an expectant hush”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
expectant (comparative more expectant, superlative most expectant)
Marked by expectation.
Pregnant.
(medicine, dated) Awaiting the effects of nature, with little active treatment.
Noun
expectant (plural expectants)
A person who expects or awaits something.
Anagrams
• exceptant
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pect"ant, a. Etym: [L.expectans, exspectans, p.pr. of expectare, exspectare: cf. F. expectant.]
Definition: Waiting in expectation; looking for; (Med.)
Definition: waiting for the efforts of nature, with little active treatment. Expectant estate (Law), an estate in expectancy. See under Expectancy.
Ex*pect"ant, n.
Definition: One who waits in expectation; one held in dependence by hope of receiving some good. An expectant of future glory. South. Those who had employments, or were expectants. Swift.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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