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.
MACROSPORANGIUM
megasporangium, macrosporangium
(noun) a plant structure that produces megaspores
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
macrosporangium (plural macrosporangia)
(botany) A megasporangium; sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; opposed to microsporangium.
Source: Wiktionary
Mac`ro*spo*ran"gi*um, n. Etym: [NL. See Macro-, and Sporangium.] (Bot.)
Definition: A sporangium or conceptacle containing only large spores; -- opposed to microsporangium. Both are found in the genera Selaginella, Isoctes, and Marsilia, plants remotely allied to ferns.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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