Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
arduous, backbreaking, grueling, gruelling, hard, heavy, laborious, operose, punishing, toilsome
(adjective) characterized by effort to the point of exhaustion; especially physical effort; “worked their arduous way up the mining valley”; “a grueling campaign”; “hard labor”; “heavy work”; “heavy going”; “spent many laborious hours on the project”; “set a punishing pace”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
operose (comparative more operose, superlative most operose)
(now, rare) Of a person: busy, industrious, or painstaking. [from 16th c.]
(now, rare) Made with or requiring a lot of labour; painstaking, laborious. [from 17th c.]
(now, rare) Tedious, wearisome.
• roopees
Source: Wiktionary
Op"er*ose`. a. Etym: [L. operosus, fr. opera pains, labor, opus, operis, work, labor.]
Definition: Wrought with labor; requiring labor; hence, tedious; wearisome. "Operose proceeding." Burke. "A very operose calculation." De Quincey.
– Op"er*ose`ly, adv.
– Op"er*ose`ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.