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.
BASILICON
Etymology
Noun
basilicon (usually uncountable, plural basilicons)
(archaic, medicine) Any of various ointments believed to have “sovereign” virtues.
Source: Wiktionary
Ba*sil"i*con, n. Etym: [L. basilicon, Gr. , neut. of : cf. F. basilicon. See Basilica.] (Med.)
Definition: An ointment composed of wax, pitch, resin, and olive oil, lard, or other fatty substance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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