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.
PULLULATE
pullulate
(verb) breed freely and abundantly
pullulate
(verb) become abundant; increase rapidly
shoot, spud, germinate, pullulate, bourgeon, burgeon forth, sprout
(verb) produce buds, branches, or germinate; “the potatoes sprouted”
pour, swarm, stream, teem, pullulate
(verb) move in large numbers; “people were pouring out of the theater”; “beggars pullulated in the plaza”
teem, pullulate, swarm
(verb) be teeming, be abuzz; “The garden was swarming with bees”; “The plaza is teeming with undercover policemen”; “her mind pullulated with worries”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
pullulate (third-person singular simple present pullulates, present participle pullulating, simple past and past participle pullulated)
To multiply rapidly.
To germinate.
To teem; to be filled (with).
Source: Wiktionary
Pul"lu*late v. i. Etym: [L. pullulatus, p. p. of pullulare to sprout, from pullulus a young animal, a sprout, dim. of pullus. See pullet.]
Definition: To germinate; to bud; to multiply abundantly. Warburton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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