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.
FACTIOUS
dissentious, divisive, factious
(adjective) dissenting (especially dissenting with the majority opinion)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
factious (comparative more factious, superlative most factious)
Of, pertaining to, or caused by factions.
Given to or characterized by discordance or insubordination.
Source: Wiktionary
Fac"tious. a. Etym: [L. factiosus: cf. F. factieux.]
1. Given to faction; addicted to form parties and raise dissensions, in opposition to government or the common good; turbulent; seditious; prone to clamor against public measures or men; -- said of persons. Factious for the house of Lancaster. Shak.
2. Pertaining to faction; proceeding from faction; indicating, or characterized by, faction; -- said of acts or expressions; as, factious quarrels. Headlong zeal or factious fury. Burke.
– Fac"tious*ly, adv.
– Fac"tious-ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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