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.
AUTOCLAVE
autoclave, sterilizer, steriliser
(noun) a device for heating substances above their boiling point; used to manufacture chemicals or to sterilize surgical instruments
autoclave
(verb) subject to the action of an autoclave
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
autoclave (plural autoclaves)
A strong, pressurized, heated vessel, as for laboratory experiments, sterilization, cooking or mineral processing.
Verb
autoclave (third-person singular simple present autoclaves, present participle autoclaving, simple past and past participle autoclaved)
(transitive) To sterilize laboratory equipment in an autoclave.
Adjective
autoclave (not comparable)
(cryptography) autokey
Anagrams
• vacuolate
Source: Wiktionary
Au"to*clave, n. Etym: [F., fr. Gr. clavis key.]
Definition: A kind of French stewpan with a steamtight lid. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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