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.
PISOLITE
Etymology
Noun
pisolite (countable and uncountable, plural pisolites)
(geology) A sedimentary rock formed from pisoids
Anagrams
• PloieÈ™ti, polities
Source: Wiktionary
Pi"so*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite: cf. F. pisolithe.] (Min.)
Definition: A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit.
Note: Oölite is similar in structure, but the concretions are as small as the roe of a fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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