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.
FESTIVAL
festival, fete
(noun) an organized series of acts and performances (usually in one place); “a drama festival”
festival
(noun) a day or period of time set aside for feasting and celebration
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
festival (comparative more festival, superlative most festival)
Pertaining to a feast or feast-day. (Now only as the noun used attributively.)
Noun
festival (countable and uncountable, plural festivals)
An event or community gathering, usually staged by a local community, which centers on some theme, sometimes on some unique aspect of the community.
In mythology, a set of celebrations in the honour of a god.
(Caribbean, uncountable) fried cornbread
Source: Wiktionary
Fes"ti*val, a. Etym: [OF. festival, fr. L. festivum festive jollity, fr. festivus festive, gay. See Festive.]
Definition: Pertaining to a fest; festive; festal; appropriate to a festival; joyous; mirthful. I cannot woo in festival terms. Shak.
Fes"ti-val, n.
Definition: A time of feasting or celebration; an anniversary day of joy, civil or religious. The morning trumpets festival proclaimed. Milton.
Syn.
– Feast; banquet; carousal. See Feast.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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