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.
PINNATELY
pinnately
(adverb) having a pinnate shape; “a pinnately compound leaf”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adverb
pinnately (comparative more pinnately, superlative most pinnately)
In a pinnate fashion.
Source: Wiktionary
Pin"nate*ly, adv.
Definition: In a pinnate manner.
PINNATE
Pin"nate, Pin"na*ted, a. Etym: [L. pinnatus feathered, fr. pinna a feather. See Pin a peg, Pen feather.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Consisting of several leaflets, or separate portions, arranged on each side of a common petiole, as the leaves of a rosebush, a hickory, or an ash. See Abruptly pinnate, and Illust., under Abruptly.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Having a winglike tuft of long feathers on each side of the neck. Pinnated grouse (Zoöl.), the prairie chicken.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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