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.
PYXIDIUM
pyxidium, pyxis
(noun) fruit of such plants as the plantain; a capsule whose upper part falls off when the seeds are released
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pyxidium (plural pyxidia)
(botany) A seed capsule in the form of a box, the seeds being released when the top splits off.
Source: Wiktionary
Pyx*id"i*um, n.; pl. Pyxidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Pyx.] (Bot.) (a) A pod which divides circularly into an upper and lower half, of which the former acts as a kind of lid, as in the pimpernel and purslane. (b) The theca of mosses.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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INTERSPERSION
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
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