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.
BASIDIA
BASIDIUM
basidium
(noun) a small club-shaped structure typically bearing four basidiospores at the ends of minute projections; unique to basidiomycetes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
basidia
plural of basidium
Source: Wiktionary
BASIDIUM
Ba*sid"i*um, n. Etym: [NL., dim. of Gr. base.] (Bot.)
Definition: A special oblong or pyriform cell, with slender branches, which bears the spores in that division of fungi called Basidiomycetes, of which the common mushroom is an example.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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RAREFACTION
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