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.
HOTBED
hotbed
(noun) a bed of earth covered with glass and heated by rotting manure to promote the growth of plants
hotbed
(noun) a situation that is ideal for rapid development (especially of something bad); “it was a hotbed of vice”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hotbed (plural hotbeds)
A low bed of earth covered with glass, and heated with rotting manure, used for the germination of seeds and the growth of tender plants, like a miniature hothouse.
(by extension) An environment that is ideal for the growth or development of something, especially of something undesirable.
Synonym: seedbed
An iron platform in a rolling mill, on which hot bars, rails, etc, are laid to cool.
Source: Wiktionary
Hot"bed`, n.
1. (Gardening)
Definition: A bed of earth heated by fermenting manure or other substances, and covered with glass, intended for raising early plants, or for nourishing exotics.
2. A place which favors rapid growth or development; as, a hotbed of sedition.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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