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.
BALATAS
Noun
balatas
plural of balata
Anagrams
• atabals
Source: Wiktionary
BALATA
Bal"a*ta, n. [Sp., prob. fr. native name.]
1.
Definition: A West Indian sapotaceous tree (Bumelia retusa).
2. The bully tree (Minusops globosa); also, its milky juice (balata gum), which when dried constitutes an elastic gum called chicle, or chicle gum.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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