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.
MOTTLED
dappled, mottled
(adjective) having spots or patches of color
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
mottled (comparative more mottled, superlative most mottled)
Colored in patches; spotted
Verb
mottled
simple past tense and past participle of mottle
Source: Wiktionary
Mot"tled, a. Etym: [From Motley.]
Definition: Marked with spots of different colors; variegated; spotted; as, mottled wood. "The mottled meadows." Drayton.
MOTTLE
Mot"tle, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mottled; p. pr. & vb. n. Mottling.] Etym: [From Mottled.]
Definition: To mark with spots of different color, or shades of color, as if stained; to spot; to maculate.
Mot"tle, n.
Definition: A mottled appearance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
10 June 2025
COMMUNICATIONS
(noun) the discipline that studies the principles of transmiting information and the methods by which it is delivered (as print or radio or television etc.); “communications is his major field of study”
Coffee Trivia
