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.
PHRATRY
family, family line, folk, kinfolk, kinsfolk, sept, phratry
(noun) people descended from a common ancestor; “his family has lived in Massachusetts since the Mayflower”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
phratry (plural phratries)
(Ancient Greece) A clan or kinship group consisting of a number of families claiming descent from a common ancestor and having certain collective functions and responsibilities. [from 17th c.]
(anthropology, dated) A former kinship division consisting of two or more distinct clans with separate identities but considered to be a single unit.
Source: Wiktionary
Phra"try, n.; pl. Phratries. Etym: [Gr. (Gr. Antiq.)
Definition: A subdivision of a phyle, or tribe, in Athens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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