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.
VITALISM
vitalism
(noun) (philosophy) a doctrine that life is a vital principle distinct from physics and chemistry
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vitalism (countable and uncountable, plural vitalisms)
The doctrine that life involves some immaterial "vital force", and cannot be explained scientifically.
Source: Wiktionary
Vi"tal*ism, n. (Biol.)
Definition: The doctrine that all the functions of a living organism are due to an unknown vital principle distinct from all chemical and physical forces.
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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