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.
HELIOTROPISM
heliotropism
(noun) an orienting response to the sun
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
heliotropism (countable and uncountable, plural heliotropisms)
The property of some plants of turning under the influence of light; either positively (towards the light) or negatively (away from the light)
Source: Wiktionary
He`li*ot"ro*pism, n. Etym: [Helio- + Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: The phenomenon of turning toward the light, seen in many leaves and flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SENSE
(noun) the faculty through which the external world is apprehended; “in the dark he had to depend on touch and on his senses of smell and hearing”
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