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.
STOCKDOVE
Stock"dove`, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A common European wild pigeon (Columba ænas), so called because at one time believed to be the stock of the domestic pigeon, or, according to some, from its breeding in the stocks, or trunks, of trees.
Note: The name is applied, also, to other related species, as the Indian stockdove (Palumbæna Eversmanni).
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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