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.
GENUINE
genuine, echt
(adjective) not fake or counterfeit; “a genuine Picasso”; “genuine leather”
genuine, true, unfeigned
(adjective) not pretended; sincerely felt or expressed; “genuine emotion”; “her interest in people was unfeigned”; “true grief”
actual, genuine, literal, real
(adjective) being or reflecting the essential or genuine character of something; “her actual motive”; “a literal solitude like a desert”- G.K.Chesterton; “a genuine dilemma”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
genuine (comparative more genuine, superlative most genuine)
Belonging to, or proceeding from the original stock; native
Not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated
Synonyms
• authentic
• real
• natural
• (British dialectal) lubish
• true
• uncounterfeited
• See also genuine
Antonyms
• fake
• ingenuine
Anagrams
• Guienne, eugenin, ingenue, ingĂ©nue, unigene
Source: Wiktionary
Gen"u*ine, a. Etym: [L. genuinus, fr. genere, gignere, to beget, in pass., to be born: cf. F. génuine. See Gender.]
Definition: Belonging to, or proceeding from, the original stock; native; hence, not counterfeit, spurious, false, or adulterated; authentic; real; natural; true; pure; as, a genuine text; a genuine production; genuine materials. "True, genuine night." Dryden.
Syn.
– Authentic; real; true; pure; unalloyed; unadulterated. See Authentic.
– Gen"u*ine*ly, adv.
– Gen"u*ine*ness, n. The evidence, both internal and external, against the genuineness of these letters, is overwhelming. Macaulay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNSEASONED
(adjective) not tried or tested by experience; “unseasoned artillery volunteers”; “still untested in battle”; “an illustrator untried in mural painting”; “a young hand at plowing”
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