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.
POLITER
Adjective
politer
comparative form of polite
Anagrams
• Triple-O, piloter, repilot, triple O, tripole
Source: Wiktionary
POLITE
Po*lite", a. [Compar. Politer; superl. Politest.] Etym: [L. politus, p. p. of polire to polish: cf. F. poli. See Polish, v.]
1. Smooth; polished. [Obs.] Rays of light falling on a polite surface. Sir I. Newton.
2. Smooth and refined in behavior or manners; well bred; courteous; complaisant; obliging; civil. He marries, bows at court, and grows polite. Pope.
3. Characterized by refinement, or a high degree of finish; as, polite literature. Macaulay.
Syn.
– Polished; refined; well bred; courteous; affable; urbane; civil; courtly; elegant; genteel.
Po*lite", v. t.
Definition: To polish; to refine; to render polite. [Obs.] Ray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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