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.
LIQUIDAMBAR
liquidambar
(noun) any tree of the genus Liquidambar
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
liquidambar (countable and uncountable, plural liquidambars)
A resinous gum that exudes from the bark of the tree Liquidambar styraciflua
The tree itself, also called sweetgum
Source: Wiktionary
Liq"uid*am`bar, n. Etym: [Liquid + amber.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus consisting of two species of tall trees having star- shaped leaves, and woody burlike fruit. Liquidambar styraciflua is the North American sweet qum, and L. Orientalis is found in Asia Minor.
2. The balsamic juice which is obtained from these trees by incision. The liquid balsam of the Oriental tree is liquid storax.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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