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.
SOLVENT
solvent
(adjective) capable of meeting financial obligations
solution, answer, result, resolution, solvent
(noun) a statement that solves a problem or explains how to solve the problem; “they were trying to find a peaceful solution”; “the answers were in the back of the book”; “he computed the result to four decimal places”
solvent, dissolvent, dissolver, dissolving agent, resolvent
(noun) a liquid substance capable of dissolving other substances; “the solvent does not change its state in forming a solution”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
solvent (plural solvents)
A liquid that dissolves a solid, liquid, or gaseous solute, resulting in a solution.
That which resolves.
Adjective
solvent (not comparable)
Able to pay all debts as they become due, and having no more liabilities than assets.
Having the power of dissolving; causing solution.
Antonyms
• insolvent
Source: Wiktionary
Sol"vent, a. Etym: [L. solvens, p.pr. of solvere. See Solvable.]
1. Having the power of dissolving; dissolving; as, a solvent fluid. "the solvent body." Boyle.
2. Able or sufficient to pay all just debts; as, a solvent merchant; the estate is solvent.
Sol"vent, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A substance (usually liquid) suitable for, or employed in, solution, or in dissolving something; as, water is the appropriate solvent of most salts, alcohol of resins, ether of fats, and mercury or acids of metal, etc.
2. That which resolves; as, a solvent of mystery.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HYDRAULIC
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