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.
RANKNESS
malodorousness, stinkiness, foulness, rankness, fetidness
(noun) the attribute of having a strong offensive smell
richness, rankness, prolificacy, fertility
(noun) the property of producing abundantly and sustaining vigorous and luxuriant growth; “he praised the richness of the soil”; “weeds lovely in their rankness”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rankness (countable and uncountable, plural ranknesses)
The quality of being rank, of having a repulsive or pungent odor.
Exuberant or uncontrolled growth.
(obsolete) Exuberance, excessiveness.
(obsolete) Insolence.
Source: Wiktionary
Rank"ness, n. Etym: [AS. rancness pride.]
Definition: The condition or quality of being rank.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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