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.
LINSEED
linseed, flaxseed
(noun) the seed of flax used as a source of oil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
linseed (countable and uncountable, plural linseeds)
The seed of the flax plant, which yields linseed oil.
Synonym: flaxseed
Meronyms
• linoleic acid
Anagrams
• delines, delsine, enisled, ensiled, neleids
Source: Wiktionary
Lin"seed`, n. Etym: [OE. lin flax + seed. See Linen.] (Bot.)
Definition: The seeds of flax, from which linseed oil is obtained. [Written also lintseed.] Linseed cake, the solid mass or cake which remains when oil is expressed.
– Linseed meal, linseed cake reduced to powder.
– Linseed oil, oil obtained by pressure from flaxseed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
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