Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
PROLIFIC
prolific, fertile
(adjective) bearing in abundance especially offspring; “flying foxes are extremely prolific”; “a prolific pear tree”
fecund, fertile, prolific
(adjective) intellectually productive; “a prolific writer”; “a fecund imagination”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
prolific (comparative more prolific, superlative most prolific)
Fertile; producing offspring or fruit in abundance — applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.
Similarly producing results or works in abundance
(botany) Of a flower: from which another flower is produced.
Synonyms
• fertile
• (producing offspring or fruit in abundance): fecund
• (producing results or works in abundance): See also productive
Source: Wiktionary
Pro*lif"ic, a. Etym: [F. prolifique, fr. L. proles offspring (from pro for, forward + the root of alere to nourish) + facere to make. See Adult, Old, and Fact.]
1. Having the quality of generating; producing young or fruit; generative; fruitful; productive; -- applied to plants producing fruit, animals producing young, etc.; -- usually with the implied idea of frequent or numerous production; as, a prolific tree, female, and the like.
2. Serving to produce; fruitful of results; active; as, a prolific brain; a controversy prolific of evil.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Proliferous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CRITICAL
(adjective) characterized by careful evaluation and judgment; “a critical reading”; “a critical dissertation”; “a critical analysis of Melville’s writings”
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