INSTINCTIVITY

Etymology

Noun

instinctivity (usually uncountable, plural instinctivities)

The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct.

There is growth only in plants; but there is irritability, or, a better word, instinctivity, in insects.

Source: Wiktionary


In`stinc*tiv"i*ty, n.

Definition: The quality of being instinctive, or prompted by instinct. [R.] Coleridge.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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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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