Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
OPALESCENCE
opalescence, iridescence
(noun) the visual property of something having a milky brightness and a play of colors from the surface
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
opalescence (countable and uncountable, plural opalescences)
the state of being opalescent
(physics) the milky iridescent appearance of a dense transparent medium when it is illuminated by polychromatic visible radiation (such as sunlight) due to local fluctuations in its density and therefore in its refractive index
Source: Wiktionary
O`pal*es"cence, n. (Min.)
Definition: A reflection of a milky or pearly light from the interior of a mineral, as in the moonstone; the state or quality of being opalescent.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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