Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
PREPOTENCIES
Noun
prepotencies
plural of prepotency
Source: Wiktionary
PREPOTENCY
Pre*po"ten*cy, n. Etym: [L. praepotentia: cf. F. prépotence.]
1. The quality or condition of being prepotent; predominance. [Obs.] Sir T. Browne.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: The capacity, on the part of one of the parents, as compared with the other, to transmit more than his or her own share of characteristics to their offspring.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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