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.
QUASSIN
Etymology
Noun
quassin (countable and uncountable, plural quassins)
(organic compound) A very bitter triterpenoid lactone, extracted as white crystals from the quassia tree, used in traditional Chinese medicine
Source: Wiktionary
Quas"sin, n. Etym: [Cf. F. quassine. See Quassia.] (Chem.)
Definition: The bitter principle of quassia, extracted as a white crystalline substance; -- formerly called quassite. [Written also quassiin, and quassine.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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