HETEROTOPIA

Etymology

Noun

heterotopia (countable and uncountable, plural heterotopias)

(pathology) Normal tissue (or an organ) present at an abnormal part of the body

(ecology) The occurrence of an organism in a number of different habitats

(philosophy) A type of utopia that actually exists in a society

Synonyms

• (medical condition): ectopia, ectopy, dystopia, malposition

Source: Wiktionary



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BRIGHT

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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.

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