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.
RESURRECTION
resurrection
(noun) a revival from inactivity and disuse; “it produced a resurrection of hope”
Resurrection, Christ's Resurrection, Resurrection of Christ
(noun) (New Testament) the rising of Christ on the third day after the Crucifixion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
resurrection (countable and uncountable, plural resurrections)
The act of arising from the dead and becoming alive again.
(archaic) bodysnatching
Synonyms
• (rising from the dead): gainrising (obsolete)
Anagrams
• intercourser
Proper noun
Resurrection
(Christianity) The resurrection of Jesus Christ.
(Islam) The 75th sura (chapter) of the Qur'an.
Anagrams
• intercourser
Source: Wiktionary
Res`ur*rec"tion, n. Etym: [F. résurrection, L. resurrectio, fr. resurgere, resurrectum, to rise again; pref. re- re- + surgere to rise. See Source.]
1. A rising again; the resumption of vigor.
2. Especially, the rising again from the dead; the resumption of life by the dead; as, the resurrection of Jesus Christ; the general resurrection of all the dead at the Day of Judgment. Nor after resurrection shall he stay Longer on earth. Milton.
3. State of being risen from the dead; future state. In the resurrection they neither marry nor are given in marriage. Matt. xxii. 30.
4. The cause or exemplar of a rising from the dead. I am the resurrection, and the life. John xi. 25. Cross of the resurrection, a slender cross with a pennant floating from the junction of the bars.
– Resurrection plant (Bot.), a name given to several species of Selaginella (as S. convoluta and S. lepidophylla), flowerless plants which, when dry, close up so as to resemble a bird's nest, but revive and expand again when moistened. The name is sometimes also given to the rose of Jericho. See under Rose.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TEMPORIZE
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
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