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.
GENEALOGY
genealogy
(noun) the study or investigation of ancestry and family history
genealogy, family tree
(noun) successive generations of kin
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
genealogy (countable and uncountable, plural genealogies)
(countable) The descent of a person, family, or group from an ancestor or ancestors; lineage or pedigree.
(countable) A record or table of such descent; a family tree.
(uncountable) The study, and formal recording of such descents.
Synonyms
• pedigree
Source: Wiktionary
Gen`e*al"o*gy, n.; pl. Genealogies. Etym: [OE. genealogi, genelogie, OF. genelogie, F. généalogie, L. genealogia, fr. Gr. genus) +
1. An account or history of the descent of a person or family from an ancestor; enumeration of ancestors and their children in the natural order of succession; a pedigree.
2. Regular descent of a person or family from a progenitor; pedigree; lineage.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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