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.
EMPLECTON
Etymology
Noun
emplecton (countable and uncountable, plural emplectons)
A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders.
Source: Wiktionary
Em*plec"ton, n. Etym: [F. or L. emplecton, fr. Gr.
Definition: A kind of masonry in which the outer faces of the wall are ashlar, the space between being filled with broken stone and mortar. Cross layers of stone are interlaid as binders. [R.] Weale.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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