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.
OCTAD
eight, VIII, eighter, eighter from Decatur, octad, ogdoad, octonary, octet
(noun) the cardinal number that is the sum of seven and one
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
octad (plural octads)
A group of eight things.
Synonym: octonary
(historical) hundred million = myriad myriad; 100,000,000 = 108 [from 16th c.]
Coordinate terms
• monad · duad, dyad · triad · tetrad · pentad · hexad · heptad · octad · ennead, nonad · decad, decade · hendecad · dodecad, duodecade
Source: Wiktionary
Oc"tad, n. Etym: [Gr. (Chem.)
Definition: An atom or radical which has a valence of eight, or is octavalent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DOOMED
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; “their business venture was doomed from the start”; “an ill-fated business venture”; “an ill-starred romance”; “the unlucky prisoner was again put in irons”- W.H.Prescott
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