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.
HAZARDOUS
hazardous, risky, wild
(adjective) involving risk or danger; “skydiving is a hazardous sport”; “extremely risky going out in the tide and fog”; “a wild financial scheme”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
hazardous (comparative more hazardous, superlative most hazardous)
Risky, dangerous, with the nature of a hazard.
Of or involving chance.
Trivia
One of four common words ending in -dous, which are hazardous, horrendous, stupendous, and tremendous.
Source: Wiktionary
Haz"ard*ous, a. Etym: [Cf. F. hasardeux.]
Definition: Exposed to hazard; dangerous; risky. To enterprise so hazardous and high! Milton.
Syn.
– Perilous; dangerous; bold; daring; adventurous; venturesome; precarious; uncertain.
– Haz"ard*ous*ly, adv.
– Haz"ard*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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