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.
ELUSIVE
elusive
(adjective) skillful at eluding capture; “a cabal of conspirators, each more elusive than the archterrorist”- David Kline
baffling, elusive, knotty, problematic, problematical, tough
(adjective) making great mental demands; hard to comprehend or solve or believe; “a baffling problem”; “I faced the knotty problem of what to have for breakfast”; “a problematic situation at home”
elusive
(adjective) difficult to describe; “a haunting elusive odor”
elusive, subtle
(adjective) difficult to detect or grasp by the mind or analyze; “his whole attitude had undergone a subtle change”; “a subtle difference”; “that elusive thing the soul”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
elusive (comparative more elusive, superlative most elusive)
Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
Difficult to make precise.
Rarely seen.
Source: Wiktionary
E*lu"sive, a.
Definition: Tending to elude; using arts or deception to escape; adroitly escaping or evading; eluding the grasp; fallacious. Elusive of the bridal day, she gives Fond hopes to all, and all with hopes deceives. Pope.
– E*lu"sive*ly, adv.
– E*lu"sive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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