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.
PILOSE
pilous, pilose, pilary
(adjective) covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pilose (comparative more pilose, superlative most pilose)
Covered with fine hair.
Anagrams
• -poleis, Pelosi, Polies, loipes, plesio-, poleis
Source: Wiktionary
Pi*lose", a. Etym: [L. pilosus, fr. pilus hair. See Pile.]
1. Hairy; full of, or made of, hair. The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering. Owen.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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