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.
METEOROID
meteoroid, meteor
(noun) (astronomy) any of the small solid extraterrestrial bodies that hits the earth’s atmosphere
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
meteoroid (plural meteoroids)
(astronomy) A relatively small (sand- to boulder-sized) fragment of debris in a star system that produces a meteor when it hits the atmosphere
Hypernyms
• celestial object
Hyponyms
• micrometeoroid
Source: Wiktionary
Me"te*or*oid, n. Etym: [Meteor + -oid.] (Astron.)
Definition: A small body moving through space, or revolving about the sun, which on entering the earth's atmosphere would be deflagrated and appear as a meteor. These bodies [small, solid bodies] before they come into the air, I call meteoroids. H. A. Newton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ENDLESSLY
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