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.
IMPENDING
Etymology
Adjective
impending (not comparable)
Approaching; drawing near; about to happen or expected to happen.
Synonyms
• imminent, in the offing, proximate; see also impending
Verb
impending
present participle of impend
Noun
impending (plural impendings)
Something that impends or threatens; an expected event.
Source: Wiktionary
Im*pend"ing, a.
Definition: Hanging over; overhanging; suspended so as to menace; imminet; threatening. An impending brow. Hawthorne. And nodding Ilion waits th' impending fall. Pope.
Syn.
– Imminent; threatening. See Imminent.
IMPEND
Im*pend", v. t. Etym: [L. impend; pref. im- in + pend to weigh out, pay.]
Definition: To pay. [Obs.] Fabyan.
Im*pend", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Impended; p. pr. & vb. n. Impending.] Etym: [L. impendere; pref. im- in + pendere to hang. See Pendant.]
Definition: To hang over; to be suspended above; to threaten frome near at hand; to menace; to be imminent. See Imminent. Destruction sure o'er all your heads impends. Pope.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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