Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. Itās also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
From Greek: ĻĻĪµĻĻĪ½ (pteron) = wing (because it was first found in butterfly wings).
pterin (countable and uncountable, plural pterins)
(organic compound) A ketonic amide derivative of pteridine responsible for some of the colouring in nature. It is also a component of folic acid.
• Petrin, Pinter, Pitner, e-print, nipter, pinter, pre-tin, pretin, reptin, terpin
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15 April 2025
(adjective) marked by or promising bad fortune; ātheir business venture was doomed from the startā; āan ill-fated business ventureā; āan ill-starred romanceā; āthe unlucky prisoner was again put in ironsā- W.H.Prescott
Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. Itās also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.