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.
MILITATE
militate
(verb) have force or influence; bring about an effect or change; “Politeness militated against this opinion being expressed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
militate (third-person singular simple present militates, present participle militating, simple past and past participle militated)
To give force or effect toward; to influence.
(obsolete) To fight.
Anagrams
• limitate
Source: Wiktionary
Mil"i*tate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Militated; p. pr. & vb. n. Militating.] Etym: [L. militare, militatum, to be a soldier, fr. miles, militis, soldier.]
Definition: To make war; to fight; to contend; -- usually followed by against and with. These are great questions, where great names militate against each other. Burke. The invisible powers of heaven seemed to militate on the side of the pious emperor. Gibbon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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