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.
EXTANT
extant
(adjective) still in existence; not extinct or destroyed or lost; “extant manuscripts”; “specimens of graphic art found among extant barbaric folk”- Edward Clodd
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
extant (not comparable)
Still in existence.
Currently existing; not having disappeared.
Still alive; not extinct.
(obsolete) Standing out, or above the rest.
Synonyms
• (still in existence): existent, existing; see also existent
• (still alive): alive and kicking, living, vital; see also alive
Antonyms
• (still alive): extinct
Source: Wiktionary
Ex"tant, a. Etym: [L. extans, -antis, or exstans, -antis, p.pr. of extare, exstare, to stand out or forth; ex out + stare to stand: cf. F. extant. See Stand.]
1. Standing out or above any surface; protruded. That part of the teeth which is extant above the gums. Ray. A body partly immersed in a fluid and partly extant. Bentley.
2. Still existing; not destroyed or lost; outstanding. Writings that were extant at that time. Sir M. Hale. The extant portraits of this great man. I. Taylor.
3. Publicly known; conspicuous. [Obs.] B. Jonson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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