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.
DUCTS
Noun
ducts
plural of duct
Verb
ducts
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of duct
Source: Wiktionary
DUCT
Duct, n. Etym: [L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See Duke, and cf. Douche.]
1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.
Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc.
4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] Hammond.
DUCT
Duct, n. Etym: [L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See Duke, and cf. Douche.]
1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.
Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc.
4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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