According to WorldAtlas, Canada is the only non-European country to make its top ten list of coffee consumers. The United States at a distant 25 on the list.
LANCEWOODS
Noun
lancewoods
plural of lancewood
Source: Wiktionary
LANCEWOOD
Lance"wood`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A tough, elastic wood, often used for the shafts of gigs, archery bows, fishing rods, and the like. Also, the tree which produces this wood, Duguetia Quitarensis (a native of Guiana and Cuba), and several other trees of the same family (Anonaseæ). Australian lancewood, a myrtaceous tree (Backhousia Australis).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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