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.
FECULA
fecula
(noun) excreta (especially of insects)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
fecula (countable and uncountable, plural feculas or feculae)
Starchy sediment extracted from plants, especially those which are used as food.
Anagrams
• Cefalu, Cefalù
Source: Wiktionary
Fec"u*la, n.; pl. FeculÆ Etym: [L.fae burnt tartar or salt of tartar, dim. of faex, faecis, sediment, dregs: cf. F. fécule.]
Definition: Any pulverulent matter obtained from plants by simply breaking down the texture, washing with water, and subsidence. Especially: (a) The nutritious part of wheat; starch or farina; -- called also amylaceous fecula. (b) The green matter of plants; chlorophyll.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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