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.
ARID
arid, desiccate, desiccated
(adjective) lacking vitality or spirit; lifeless; “a technically perfect but arid performance of the sonata”; “a desiccate romance”; “a prissy and emotionless creature...settles into a mold of desiccated snobbery”-C.J.Rolo
arid, waterless
(adjective) lacking sufficient water or rainfall; “an arid climate”; “a waterless well”; “miles of waterless country to cross”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
arid (comparative arider or more arid, superlative aridest or most arid)
Very dry.
Antonyms: wet, drenched, damp, moist
Describing a very dry climate. Typically defined as less than 25 cm or 10 inches of rainfall annually.
Antonyms: rainforest, humid
(figurative) Devoid of value.
Antonyms: valuable, costly, precious
Anagrams
• Aird, Dair, Dari, IARD, Irad, RAID, dari, dira, raid, riad
Source: Wiktionary
Ar"id, a. Etym: [L. aridus, fr. arere to be dry: cf. F. aride.]
Definition: Exhausted of moisture; parched with heat; dry; barren. "An arid waste." Thomson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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