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.
SUPERVENE
supervene
(verb) take place as an additional or unexpected development
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
supervene (third-person singular simple present supervenes, present participle supervening, simple past and past participle supervened)
(intransitive) To follow (something) closely, either as a consequence or in contrast.
To supersede.
To be dependent on an earlier event.
(philosophy) To be dependent on something else for existence, truth, or instantiation.
Source: Wiktionary
Su`per*vene", v. i. [imp. & p. p. Supervened; p. pr. & vb. n. Supervening.] Etym: [L. supervenire, superventum, to come over, to come upon; super over + venire to come. See Super-, and Come, and cf. Overcome.]
Definition: To come as something additional or extraneous; to occur with reference or relation to something else; to happen upon or after something else; to be added; to take place; to happen. Such a mutual gravitation can never supervene to matter unless impressed by divine power. Bentley. A tyrany immediately supervened. Burke.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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