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.
ECRASEUR
Etymology
Noun
ecraseur (plural ecraseurs)
(surgery) A surgical instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a chain to avoid haemorrhage.
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• saucerer
Source: Wiktionary
e`cra`seur", n. Etym: [F., fr. Ă©craser to crush.] (Surg.)
Definition: An instrument intended to replace the knife in many operations, the parts operated on being severed by the crushing effect produced by the gradual tightening of a steel chain, so that hemorrhage rarely follows.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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