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.
IMPRECATION
imprecation, malediction
(noun) the act of calling down a curse that invokes evil (and usually serves as an insult); “he suffered the imprecations of the mob”
imprecation
(noun) a slanderous accusation
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
imprecation (countable and uncountable, plural imprecations)
The act of imprecating, or invoking evil upon someone; a prayer that a curse or calamity may befall someone.
A curse.
Anagrams
• reimpaction
Source: Wiktionary
Im`pre*ca"tion, n. Etym: [L. imprecatio: cf. F. imprécation.]
Definition: The act of imprecating, or unvoking evil upon any one; a player that a curse or calamnity may fall on any one; a curse. Men cowered like slaves before such horrid imprecations. Motley.
Syn.
– Malediction; curse; execration; anathema. See Malediction.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ELOQUENCE
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