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.
PREPOTENCY
predominance, predomination, prepotency
(noun) the state of being predominant over others
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
prepotency (countable and uncountable, plural prepotencies)
The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance.
(biology) The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
Source: Wiktionary
Pre*po"ten*cy, n. Etym: [L. praepotentia: cf. F. prépotence.]
1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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