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.
SANDWORT
sandwort
(noun) low-growing chiefly perennial plant usually with small white flowers suitable for e.g. rock gardens
sandwort, Moehringia lateriflora
(noun) low-growing herb having clusters of small white four-petaled flowers
sandwort, Moehringia mucosa
(noun) loosely matted plant with moss-like foliage studded with tiny starry four-petaled white blossoms; mountains of central and southern Europe
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sandwort (plural sandworts)
Any of several plants in the genera Arenaria, Minuartia, and Moehringia.
Source: Wiktionary
Sand"wort`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: Any plant of the genus Arenaria, low, tufted herbs (order Caryophyllace\'91.)
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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