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.
ORYCTOLOGIES
ORYCTOLOGY
Or`yc*tol"o*gy, n. Etym: [Gr. -logy: cf. F. oryctologie.]
1. An old name for paleontology.
2. An old name for mineralogy and geology.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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LEAVE
(verb) go and leave behind, either intentionally or by neglect or forgetfulness; “She left a mess when she moved out”; “His good luck finally left him”; “her husband left her after 20 years of marriage”; “she wept thinking she had been left behind”
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