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.
STELLATE
radial, stellate, radiate
(adjective) arranged like rays or radii; radiating from a common center; “radial symmetry”; “a starlike or stellate arrangement of petals”; “many cities show a radial pattern of main highways”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
stellate (not comparable)
Shaped like a star, having points, or rays radiating from a center.
Noun
stellate (plural stellates)
A stellate cell
Source: Wiktionary
Stel"late, Stel"la*ted, a. Etym: [L. stellatus, p.p. of stellare to set or cover with stars, from stella a star. See Stellar.]
1. Resembling a star; pointed or radiated, like the emblem of a star.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Starlike; having similar parts radiating from a common center; as, stellate flowers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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