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.
RETIARY
Etymology
Adjective
retiary (not comparable)
net-like
Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; said of certain spiders.
Armed with a net; hence, skilful at entangling.
Noun
retiary (plural retiaries)
(zoology) Any spider that spins webs to catch its prey.
(historical) A retiarius: a gladiator who fought with a net.
Source: Wiktionary
Re"ti*a*ry, n. Etym: [See Retiarius.]
1. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Any spider which spins webs to catch its prey.
2. A retiarius.
Re`ti*a*ry, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. retiarius.]
1. Netlike. This work is in retiary, or hanging textures. Sir T. Browne.
2. Constructing or using a web, or net, to catch prey; -- said of certain spiders.
3. Armed with a net; hence, skillful to entangle. Scholastic retiary versatility of logic. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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