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.
INOSCULATE
anastomose, inosculate
(verb) cause to join or open into each other by anastomosis; āanastomose blood vesselsā
anastomose, inosculate
(verb) come together or open into each other; āthe blood vessels anastomoseā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
inosculate (third-person singular simple present inosculates, present participle inosculating, simple past and past participle inosculated)
(transitive) To homogenize; to make continuous.
Synonyms: blend, Thesaurus:homogenize
(intransitive) To open into.
(transitive) To unite.
Synonyms: affix, attach, join, put together, Thesaurus:join
(intransitive) To intercommunicate; to interjoin.
Adjective
inosculate (comparative more inosculate, superlative most inosculate)
Pertaining to or characterized by inosculation.
Anagrams
• inoculates, notaulices
Source: Wiktionary
In*os"cu*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Inosculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Inosculating.] Etym: [Pref. in- in + osculate.]
1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two tubular vessels at their extremities; to anastomose.
2. To intercommunicate; to interjoin. The several monthly divisions of the journal may inosculate, but not the several volumes. De Quincey.
In*os"cu*late, v. t.
1. To unite by apposition or contact, as two vessels in an animal body. Berkeley.
2. To unite intimately; to cause to become as one. They were still together, grew (For so they said themselves) inosculated. Tennyson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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