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.
EXPROPRIATION
expropriation
(noun) taking out of an owner’s hands (especially taking property by public authority)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
expropriation (countable and uncountable, plural expropriations)
The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to private property; the act of depriving of private propriety rights.
Source: Wiktionary
Ex*pro`pri*a"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. expropriation.]
Definition: The act of expropriating; the surrender of a claim to exclusive property; the act of depriving of ownership or proprietary rights. W. Montagu. The expropriation of bad landlords. M. Arnold.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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