According to Statista, the global coffee industry is worth US$363 billion in 2020. The market grows annually by 10.6%, and 78% of revenue came from out-of-home establishments like cafes and coffee beverage retailers.
SECRETION
secretion
(noun) a functionally specialized substance (especially one that is not a waste) released from a gland or cell
secretion, secernment
(noun) the organic process of synthesizing and releasing some substance
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
secretion (countable and uncountable, plural secretions)
(countable) any substance that is secreted by an organism
(uncountable) the act of secreting a substance, especially from a gland
Etymology 2
Noun
secretion (plural secretions)
the act of hiding something
Anagrams
• erections, isocenter, isocentre, necrotise, neoterics, resection, tricosene
Source: Wiktionary
Se*cre"tion, n. Etym: [L. secretio: cf. F. sécrétion.]
1. The act of secreting or concealing; as, the secretion of dutiable goods.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: The act of secreting; the process by which material is separated from the blood through the agency of the cells of the various glands and elaborated by the cells into new substances so as to form the various secretions, as the saliva, bile, and other digestive fluids. The process varies in the different glands, and hence are formed the various secretions.
3. (Physiol.)
Definition: Any substance or fluid secreted, or elaborated and emitted, as the gastric juice.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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BRIGHT
(adjective) made smooth and bright by or as if by rubbing; reflecting a sheen or glow; “bright silver candlesticks”; “a burnished brass knocker”; “she brushed her hair until it fell in lustrous auburn waves”; “rows of shining glasses”; “shiny black patents”
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