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.
REGENERATION
regeneration, re-formation
(noun) forming again (especially with improvements or removal of defects); renewing and reconstituting
regeneration
(noun) the activity of spiritual or physical renewal
regeneration
(noun) (biology) growth anew of lost tissue or destroyed parts or organs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
regeneration (countable and uncountable, plural regenerations)
rebuilding or restructuring; large scale repair or renewal.
(theology) spiritual rebirth; the change from a carnal or material life to a pious one
(Christianity) The renewal of the world at the second coming of Christ.
(fantasy) an ability possessed by certain creatures to rapidly heal substantial physical damage to their body
(RPG) spontaneous restoration of hit points
Synonyms
• rebirth
• regen (abbreviation)
Anagrams
• generationer
Source: Wiktionary
Re*gen`er*a"tion (-"shn), n. Etym: [L. regeneratio: cf. F. régéneration.]
1. The act of regenerating, or the state of being regenerated.
2. (Theol.)
Definition: The entering into a new spiritual life; the act of becoming, or of being made, Christian; that change by which holy affectations and purposes are substituted for the opposite motives in the heart. He saved us by the washing of regeneration, and renewing of the Holy Chost. Tit. iii. 5.
3. (Biol.)
Definition: The reproduction of a part which has been removed or destroyed; re-formation; -- a process especially characteristic of a many of the lower animals; as, the regeneration of lost feelers, limbs, and claws by spiders and crabs.
4. (Physiol.) (a) The reproduction or renewal of tissues, cells, etc., which have been used up and destroyed by the ordinary processes of life; as, the continual regeneration of the epithelial cells of the body, or the regeneration of the contractile substance of muscle. (b) The union of parts which have been severed, so that they become anatomically perfect; as, the regeneration of a nerve.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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