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.
CARYOPSIS
grain, caryopsis
(noun) dry seed-like fruit produced by the cereal grasses: e.g. wheat, barley, Indian corn
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
caryopsis (plural caryopses or caryopsides)
(botany) A type of fruit in which the fruit skin is stuck to the seed coat; especially the grain of a cereal.
Source: Wiktionary
Car`y*op"sis, n.; pl. Caryopses. Etym: [NL., fr. gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A one-celled, dry, indehiscent fruit, with a thin membranous pericarp, adhering closely to the seed, so that fruit and seed are incorporated in one body, forming a single grain, as of wheat, barley, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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