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.
PRECOGNITION
precognition, foreknowledge
(noun) knowledge of an event before it occurs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
precognition (countable and uncountable, plural precognitions)
(parapsychology) Knowledge of the future; understanding of something in advance, especially as a form of supernatural or extrasensory perception. [from 15th c.]
(Scotland, legal) The practice of taking a factual statement from a witness before a trial. [from 17th c.]
Synonyms
• clairvoyance
• foreknowledge
• anticipation
Source: Wiktionary
Pre`cog*ni"tion, n. Etym: [L. praecognitio, fr. praecognoscere to foreknow. See Pre-, and Cognition.]
1. Previous cognition. Fotherby.
2. (Scots Law)
Definition: A preliminary examination of a criminal case with reference to a prosecution. Erskine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHANCY
(adjective) subject to accident or chance or change; “a chancy appeal at best”; “getting that job was definitely fluky”; “a fluky wind”; “an iffy proposition”
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