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.
OSTENSIVE
ostensible, ostensive
(adjective) represented or appearing as such; pretended; “His ostensible purpose was charity, his real goal popularity”
ostensive
(adjective) manifestly demonstrative
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ostensive (comparative more ostensive, superlative most ostensive)
Apparently true, but not necessarily; ostensible
Clearly demonstrative.
Source: Wiktionary
Os*ten"sive, a.
Definition: Showing; exhibiting. Ostensive demonstration (Math.), a direct or positive demonstration, as opposed to the apagogical or indirect method.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PREMATURELY
(adverb) (of childbirth) before the end of the normal period of gestation; “the child was born prematurely”
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