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.
COMMATA
Etymology
Noun
commata
plural of comma
Source: Wiktionary
COMMA
Com"ma, n. Etym: [L. comma part of a sentence, comma, Gr. Capon.]
1. A character or point [,] marking the smallest divisions of a sentence, written or printed.
2. (Mus.)
Definition: A small interval (the difference beyween a major and minor half step), seldom used except by tuners. Comma bacillus (Physiol.), a variety of bacillus shaped like a comma, found in the intestines of patients suffering from cholera. It is considered by some as having a special relation to the disease; -- called also cholera bacillus.
РComma butterfly (Zo̦l.), an American butterfly (Grapta comma), having a white comma-shaped marking on the under side of the wings.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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