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.
FULGURATIONS
Noun
fulgurations
plural of fulguration
Source: Wiktionary
FULGURATION
Ful"gu*ra`tion, n. Etym: [L. fulguratio: cf. F. fulguration.]
1. The act of lightening. [R.] Donne.
2. (Assaying)
Definition: The sudden brightening of a fused globule of gold or silver, when the last film of the oxide of lead or copper leaves its surface;
– also called blick. A phenomenon called, by the old chemists, fulguration. Ure.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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