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.
PERSIENNE
Etymology
Noun
persienne (countable and uncountable, plural persiennes)
Printed calico or similar material.
A window blind with movable slats, similar to a Venetian blind.
Source: Wiktionary
Per`si*enne" (per`si*en"; -shi*en"; F. per`syen"), n. [F., fem. of presien Persian.]
Definition: Properly, printed calico, whether Oriental or of fanciful design with flowers, etc., in Western work. Hence, as extended in English, material of a similar character.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHELICERA
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