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.
MINIATE
miniate, rubricate
(verb) decorate (manuscripts) with letters painted red; “In this beautiful book, all the place names are rubricated”
miniate
(verb) paint with red lead or vermilion
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
miniate (comparative more miniate, superlative most miniate)
Of or relating to the colour of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
Verb
miniate (third-person singular simple present miniates, present participle miniating, simple past and past participle miniated)
To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion, or with red letters, as in a manuscript.
Anagrams
• intimae
Source: Wiktionary
Min"i*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Miniated; p. pr. & vb. n. Miniating.] Etym: [L. miniatus, p. p. of miniare. See Minium.]
Definition: To paint or tinge with red lead or vermilion; also, to decorate with letters, or the like, painted red, as the page of a manuscript. T. Wharton.
Min"i*ate, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to the color of red lead or vermilion; painted with vermilion.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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