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.
PROXIMITY
proximity, propinquity
(noun) the property of being close together
proximity, law of proximity
(noun) a Gestalt principle of organization holding that (other things being equal) objects or events that are near to one another (in space or time) are perceived as belonging together as a unit
proximity
(noun) the region close around a person or thing
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
proximity (countable and uncountable, plural proximities)
Closeness; the state of being near as in space, time, or relationship.
Synonyms
• closeness, nearness
Source: Wiktionary
Prox*im"i*ty, n. Etym: [L. proximitas: cf. F. proximité See Proximate, and cf. Propinquity, Approach.]
Definition: The quality or state of being next in time, place, causation, influence, etc.; immediate nearness, either in place, blood, or alliance. If he plead proximity of blood That empty title is with ease withstood. Dryden.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
(adverb) (spatial sense) seeming to have no bounds; “the Nubian desert stretched out before them endlessly”
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