According to WorldAtlas, Finland is the biggest coffee consumer in the entire world. The average Finn will consume 12 kg of coffee each year.
GLOBULE
globule
(noun) a small globe or ball
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
globule (plural globules)
A small round particle of substance; a drop.
Source: Wiktionary
Glob"ule, n. Etym: [L. globulus, dim. of globus globe: cf. F. globule.]
1. A little globe; a small particle of matter, of a spherical form. Globules of snow. Sir I. Newton. These minute globules [a mole's eyes] are sunk . . . deeply in the skull. Paley.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: A minute spherical or rounded structure; as blood, lymph, and pus corpuscles, minute fungi, spores, etc.
3. A little pill or pellet used by homeopathists.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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