Brazil is the largest coffee producer in the world. Each year Brazil exports more than 44 million bags of coffee. Vietnam follows at exporting over 27 million bags each year.
AMPHIBOLOUS
Etymology
Adjective
amphibolous (comparative more amphibolous, superlative most amphibolous)
(obsolete) ambiguous; doubtful
Anagrams
• ambophilous
Source: Wiktionary
Am*phib"o*lous, a. Etym: [L. amphibolus, Gr. Amphibole.]
1. Ambiguous; doubtful. [Obs.] Never was there such an amphibolous quarrel -- both parties declaring themselves for the king. Howell.
2. (Logic)
Definition: Capable of two meanings. An amphibolous sentence is one that is capable of two meanings, not from the double sense of any of the words, but from its admitting of a double construction; e. g., "The duke yet lives that Henry shall depose." Whately.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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