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.
OSTENSIBLE
ostensible, ostensive
(adjective) represented or appearing as such; pretended; “His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity”
ostensible, apparent(a), seeming
(adjective) appearing as such but not necessarily so; “for all his apparent wealth he had no money to pay the rent”; “the committee investigated some apparent discrepancies”; “the ostensible truth of their theories”; “his seeming honesty”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ostensible (comparative more ostensible, superlative most ostensible)
Apparent, evident; meant for open display.
Appearing as such; being such in appearance; professed, supposed (rather than demonstrably true or real).
Antonyms
• (meant for open display): ulterior
Anagrams
• bilestones
Source: Wiktionary
Os*ten"si*ble, a. Etym: [From L. ostensus, p. p. of ostendere to show, prop., to stretch out before; fr. prefix obs- (old form of ob-) + tendere to stretch. See Tend.]
1. Capable of being shown; proper or intended to be shown. [R.] Walpole.
2. Shown; exhibited; declared; avowed; professed; apparent; -- often used as opposed to real or actual; as, an ostensible reason, motive, or aim. D. Ramsay.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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