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.
CENTROSPHERE
Etymology
Noun
centrosphere (plural centrospheres)
(biology) The cytoplasm surrounding the centriole of a centrosome.
(geology) barysphere
Source: Wiktionary
Cen"tro*sphere, n. [Gr. centre + sphere.]
1. (Geol.)
Definition: The nucleus or central part of the earth, forming most of its mass; -- disting. from lithosphere, hydrosphere, etc.
2. (Biol.) The central mass of an aster from which the rays extend and within which the centrosome lies when present; the attraction sphere. The name has been used both as excluding and including the centrosome, and also to designate a modified mass of protoplasm about a centrosome whether aster rays are developed or not.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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