Coffee is the second largest traded commodity in the world, next to crude oil. It’s also one of the oldest commodities, with over 2.25 billion cups of coffee consumed worldwide daily.
SEMIPERMEABLE
semipermeable
(adjective) (of a membrane) selectively permeable
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
semipermeable (comparative more semipermeable, superlative most semipermeable)
Permeable to some things and not to others, as a cell membrane which allows some molecules through but blocks other substances.
Source: Wiktionary
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INTUITIVELY
(adverb) in an intuitive manner; “inventors seem to have chosen intuitively a combination of explosive and aggressive sounds as warning signals to be used on automobiles”
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