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.
TORPIDLY
dazedly, torpidly
(adverb) in a daze; in a dazed manner; “he wondered dazedly whether the term after next at his new school wouldn’t matter so much”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
torpidly (comparative more torpidly, superlative most torpidly)
In a torpid way or manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Tor"pid*ly, adv.
Definition: In a torpid manner.
TORPID
Tor"pid, a. Etym: [L. torpidus, fr. torpere to be stiff, numb, or torpid; of uncertain origin.]
1. Having lost motion, or the power of exertion and feeling; numb; benumbed; as, a torpid limb. Without heat all things would be torpid. Ray.
2. Dull; stupid; sluggish; inactive. Sir M. Hale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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