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.
CANNABIS
cannabis, marijuana, marihuana, ganja
(noun) the most commonly used illicit drug; considered a soft drug, it consists of the dried leaves of the hemp plant; smoked or chewed for euphoric effect
cannabis, hemp
(noun) any plant of the genus Cannabis; a coarse bushy annual with palmate leaves and clusters of small green flowers; yields tough fibers and narcotic drugs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cannabis (countable and uncountable, plural cannabises)
A tall annual dioecious plant (Cannabis, especially Cannabis sativa), native to central Asia and having alternate, palmately divided leaves and tough bast fibers.
Synonyms: hemp, marijuana
Hyponyms: Cannabis sativa, Cannabis indica, Cannabis ruderalis
A mildly euphoriant or sedating, intoxicating hallucinogenic drug prepared from various parts of this plant.
Synonyms: bhang, dope, ganja, grass, marijuana, string, THC, weed
The purified and decarboxylated resin of the cannabis plant used for medicinal purposes rather than for any intoxicating effects.
Source: Wiktionary
Can"na*bis, n. Etym: [L., hemp. See Canvas.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of a single species belonging to the order Uricaceæ; hemp. Cannabis Indica (, the Indian hemp, a powerful narcotic, now considered a variety of the common hemp.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PRESENTATION
(noun) (obstetrics) position of the fetus in the uterus relative to the birth canal; “Cesarean sections are sometimes the result of abnormal presentations”
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