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.
GIGANTIC
gigantic, mammoth
(adjective) so exceedingly large or extensive as to suggest a giant or mammoth; “a gigantic redwood”; “gigantic disappointment”; “a mammoth ship”; “a mammoth multinational corporation”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
gigantic (comparative more gigantic, superlative most gigantic)
Very large.
In the manner of a giant.
Synonyms
• gigantesque
• See also gigantic
Source: Wiktionary
Gi*gan"tic, a. Etym: [L. gigas, -antis, giant. See Giant.]
1. Of extraordinary size; like a giant.
2. Such as a giant might use, make, or cause; immense; tremendous; extraordinarly; as, gigantic deeds; gigantic wickedness. Milton. When descends on the Atlantic The gigantic Strom wind of the equinox. Longfellow.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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