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.
VOMITORY
vomitory
(noun) an entrance to an amphitheater or stadium
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
vomitory (plural vomitories)
The entrance into a theater or other large public venue, where masses of people are disgorged into the stands; a vomitorium
Synonym: vomitorium
(pharmaceutical drug) A substance that induces vomiting; an emetic
Synonyms: emetic, vomitive
Adjective
vomitory (comparative more vomitory, superlative most vomitory)
(medicine, pharmaceutical effect) Inducing vomiting; emetic
Synonyms
• vomitive
Source: Wiktionary
Vom"i*to*ry, a. Etym: [L. vomitorious.]
Definition: Causing vomiting; emetic; vomitive.
Vom"i*to*ry, n.; pl. Vomitories (.
1. An emetic; a vomit. Harvey.
2. Etym: [L. vomitorium.] (Arch.)
Definition: A principal door of a large ancient building, as of an amphitheater. Sixty-four vomitories . . . poured forth the immense multitude. Gibbon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LIGHT
(adjective) having relatively few calories; “diet cola”; “light (or lite) beer”; “lite (or light) mayonnaise”; “a low-cal diet”
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