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.
HOMOPLASY
Etymology
Noun
homoplasy (countable and uncountable, plural homoplasies)
(evolutionary theory) A correspondence between the parts or organs of different species acquired as the result of parallel evolution or convergence.
Antonyms
• homology
Source: Wiktionary
Ho*mop"la*sy, n. Etym: [Homo- + Gr. (Biol.)
Definition: See Homogeny.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIGATE
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