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.
ESCULENT
Etymology
Adjective
esculent (comparative more esculent, superlative most esculent)
Edible.
"Good enough to eat": attractive.
Noun
esculent (plural esculents)
Something edible, especially a vegetable; a comestible.
(mycophagy) An edible mushroom.
Coordinate terms
• poculent
Anagrams
• Lucentes, unselect
Source: Wiktionary
Es"cu*lent, a. Etym: [L. esculentus, fr. escare to eat, fr. esca food, fr. edere to eat: cf. F. esculent. See Eat.]
Definition: Suitable to be used by man for food; eatable; edible; as, esculent plants; esculent fish. Esculent grain for food. Sir W. Jones. Esculent swallow (Zoöl.), the swallow which makes the edible bird's- nest. See Edible bird's-nest, under Edible.
Es"cu*lent, n.
Definition: Anything that is fit for eating; that which may be safely eaten by man.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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