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.
FAINTNESS
dimness, faintness
(noun) the quality of being dim or lacking contrast
faintness, faintheartedness
(noun) the trait of lacking boldness and courage; “faintness of heart and infirmity of purpose”
faintness
(noun) barely audible
faintness
(noun) the property of being without strength; “the faintness or potency of the feeling”
faintness
(noun) a feeling of faintness and of being ready to swoon
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
faintness (countable and uncountable, plural faintnesses)
The property of being or feeling faint.
Synonyms
• faintheartedness
• dimness
Source: Wiktionary
Faint"ness, n.
1. The state of being faint; loss of strength, or of consciousness, and self-control.
2. Want of vigor or energy. Spenser.
3. Feebleness, as of color or light; lack of distinctness; as, faintness of description.
4. Faint-heartedness; timorousness; dejection. I will send a faintness into their hearts. Lev. xxvi. 36.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
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