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.
MARIMBA
marimba, xylophone
(noun) a percussion instrument with wooden bars tuned to produce a chromatic scale and with resonators; played with small mallets
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
marimba (plural marimbas)
(musical instrument) A musical instrument similar to a xylophone but clearer in pitch.
Synonym: marimbaphone (also a separate instrument, but in musical scores, marimbaphone may refer to the classic marimba)
Hyponyms: glass marimba, stone marimba
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*rim"ba, n. Etym: [Pg.]
Definition: A musical istrument of percussion, consisting of bars yielding musical tones when struck. Knight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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