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.
SUSCEPTIBLE
susceptible
(adjective) (often followed by âofâ or âtoâ) yielding readily to or capable of; âsusceptible to coldsâ; âsusceptible of proofâ
susceptible
(adjective) easily impressed emotionally
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
susceptible (comparative more susceptible, superlative most susceptible)
likely to be affected by something
easily influenced or tricked; credulous
(medicine) especially sensitive, especially to a stimulus
that, when subjected to a specific operation, will yield a specific result
vulnerable; (temporarily) defenseless
Noun
susceptible (plural susceptibles)
(epidemiology) A person who is vulnerable to being infected by a certain disease
Coordinate terms
• immune
• infective
Source: Wiktionary
Sus*cep"ti*ble, a. Etym: [F., from L. suscipere, susceptum, to take up, to support, undertake, recognize, admit; pref. sus (see Sub-) + capere to take. See Capable.]
1. Capable of admitting anything additional, or any change, affection, or influence; readily acted upon; as, a body susceptible of color or of alteration. It sheds on souls susceptible of light, The glorious dawn of our eternal day. Young.
2. Capable of impression; having nice sensibility; impressible; tender; sensitive; as, children are more susceptible than adults; a man of a susceptible heart. Candidates are . . . not very susceptible of affronts. Cowper. I am constitutionally susceptible of noises. Lamb.
– Sus*cep"ti*ble*ness, n.
– Sus*cep"ti*bly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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