Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
LITHOLOGY
petrology, lithology
(noun) the branch of geology that studies rocks: their origin and formation and mineral composition and classification
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lithology (countable and uncountable, plural lithologies)
The study of rocks, with particular emphasis on their description and classification.
The general composition of a rock or rock sequence.
Source: Wiktionary
Li*thol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Litho- + -logy: cf. F. lithologie.]
1. The science which treats of rocks, as regards their mineral constitution and classification, and their mode of occurrence in nature.
2. (Med.)
Definition: A treatise on stones found in the body.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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