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.
BEESWAX
beeswax
(noun) a yellow to brown wax secreted by honeybees to build honeycombs
beeswax
(verb) cover with beeswax; “Chris beeswaxed the kitchen table”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
beeswax (usually uncountable, plural beeswaxes)
A wax secreted by bees from which they make honeycomb; or, the processed form of this wax used in the manufacture of various goods.
(colloquial, mildly, humorous) “Business”, as in such phrases as mind your own beeswax and none of your beeswax.
Synonyms
• E901 (when used as a glazing agent)
Verb
beeswax (third-person singular simple present beeswaxes, present participle beeswaxing, simple past and past participle beeswaxed)
(transitive) To polish with beeswax.
Source: Wiktionary
Bees"wax`, n.
Definition: The wax secreted by bees, and of which their cells are constructed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THOUGHTLESS
(adjective) without care or thought for others; “the thoughtless saying of a great princess on being informed that the people had no bread; ‘Let them eat cake’”
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