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.
ANSERINE
anserine, dopy, dopey, foolish, goosey, goosy, gooselike, jerky
(adjective) having or revealing stupidity; “ridiculous anserine behavior”; “a dopey answer”; “a dopey kid”; “some fool idea about rewriting authors’ books”
anserine
(adjective) of or resembling a goose
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Adjective
anserine (comparative more anserine, superlative most anserine)
Silly, foolish, stupid. [from 17th c.]
Pertaining to a goose or geese; gooselike. [from 18th c.]
Etymology 2
Noun
anserine (countable and uncountable, plural anserines)
(biochemistry) A dipeptide compound present in birds and other vertebrates, originally isolated from goose muscle. [from 20th c.]
Anagrams
• arsenine
Source: Wiktionary
An"ser*ine, a Etym: [L. anserinus, fr. anser a goose.]
1. Pertaining to, or resembling, a goose, or the skin of a goose.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Pertaining to the Anseres.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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