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.
SPHACELATE
necrose, gangrene, mortify, sphacelate
(verb) undergo necrosis; “the tissue around the wound necrosed”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
sphacelate (third-person singular simple present sphacelates, present participle sphacelating, simple past and past participle sphacelated)
(transitive, medicine) To affect with gangrene.
Adjective
sphacelate (not comparable)
Affected with gangrene; necrotic.
Source: Wiktionary
Sphac"e*late, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Sphacelated; p. pr. & vb. n. Sphacelating.] Etym: [NL. sphacelare, sphacelatum, mortify: cf. F. sphacéler. See Sphacelus.] (Med.)
Definition: To die, decay, or become gangrenous, as flesh or bone; to mortify.
Sphac"e*late, v. t. (Med.)
Definition: To affect with gangrene.
Sphac"e*late, Sphac"e*la`ted, a. (Med.)
Definition: Affected with gangrene; mortified.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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