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.
pleat, plicate
(verb) fold into pleats; “Pleat the cloth”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
plicate (comparative more plicate, superlative most plicate)
(biology) Folded multiple times lengthwise like a fan, usually lending stiffness to a flat structure such as a leaf; corrugated; pleated.
• (folded): corrugated, folded, plicated
plicate (third-person singular simple present plicates, present participle plicating, simple past and past participle plicated)
(chiefly biology) To fold or pleat (usually used in passive).
Source: Wiktionary
Pli"cate, Pli"ca*ted, a. Etym: [L. plicatus, p. p. of plicare to fold.]
Definition: Plaited; folded like a fan; as, a plicate leaf.
– Pli"cate*ly, adv.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 May 2025
(adverb) showing consideration and thoughtfulness; “he had thoughtfully brought with him some food to share”
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.