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.
REDUPLICATION
reduplication, reiteration
(noun) the act of repeating over and again (or an instance thereof)
reduplication
(noun) a word formed by or containing a repeated syllable or speech sound (usually at the beginning of the word)
reduplication
(noun) the syllable added in a reduplicated word form
anadiplosis, reduplication
(noun) repetition of the final words of a sentence or line at the beginning of the next
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
reduplication (countable and uncountable, plural reduplications)
(linguistics) The act of, or an instance of, reduplicating.
(anatomy) The folding or doubling of a part or organ.
Usage notes
Here are examples of reduplication in English
Source: Wiktionary
Re*du`pli*ca"tion (-kshn), n. Etym: [Cf. F. réduplication, L. reduplicatio repetition.]
1. The act of doubling, or the state of being doubled.
2. (Pros.) A figure in which the first word of a verse is the same as the last word of the preceding verse.
3. (Philol.)
Definition: The doubling of a stem or syllable (more or less modified), with the effect of changing the time expressed, intensifying the meaning, or making the word more imitative; also, the syllable thus added; as, L. tetuli; poposci.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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REPLACEMENT
(noun) the act of furnishing an equivalent person or thing in the place of another; “replacing the star will not be easy”
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