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.
ARABINOSE
Etymology
Noun
arabinose (plural arabinoses)
(carbohydrate) An aldopentose that occurs most often in polysaccharides such as hemicellulose and pectin.
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"a*bin*ose`, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A sugar of the composition C5H10O5, obtained from cherry gum by boiling it with dilute sulphuric acid.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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