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.
POCK
pock
(noun) a pustule in an eruptive disease
scar, mark, pock, pit
(verb) mark with a scar; “The skin disease scarred his face permanently”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pock (plural pocks)
A pus-filled swelling on the surface on the skin caused by an eruptive disease.
Any pit, especially one formed as a scar
Verb
pock (third-person singular simple present pocks, present participle pocking, simple past and past participle pocked)
To scar or mark with pits
Source: Wiktionary
Pock, n. Etym: [OE. pokke, AS. pocc, poc; akin to D. pok, G. pocke, and perh. to E. poke a pocket. Cf. Pox.] (Med.)
Definition: A pustule raised on the surface of the body in variolous and vaccine diseases. Of pokkes and of scab every sore. Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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