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.
INSUFFLATE
insufflate
(verb) blow or breathe hard on or into
insufflate
(verb) treat by blowing a powder or vapor into a bodily cavity
insufflate
(verb) breathe or blow onto as a ritual or sacramental act, especially so as to symbolize the action of the Holy Spirit
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
insufflate (third-person singular simple present insufflates, present participle insufflating, simple past and past participle insufflated)
(transitive) To breathe or blow into or on.
(transitive, medicine) To treat by blowing a gas, vapor, or powder into a body cavity.
(transitive, medicine) To inhale (a powder etc.).
(transitive, ecclesiastical) To exhale upon baptismal water, or the one being baptised, as a ritual act.
Source: Wiktionary
In*suf"flate, a. [See Insufflation.]
Definition: To blow upon; to breath upon or into; to use insufflation upon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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