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.
STRINGENT
rigorous, stringent, tight
(adjective) demanding strict attention to rules and procedures; “rigorous discipline”; “tight security”; “stringent safety measures”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
stringent (comparative more stringent, superlative most stringent)
Strict; binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe
Anagrams
• string-net
Source: Wiktionary
Strin"gent, a. Etym: [L. stringens, -entis, p.pr. of stringere to draw or bind tight. See Strain.]
Definition: Binding strongly; making strict requirements; restrictive; rigid; severe; as, stringent rules. They must be subject to a sharper penal code, and to a more stringent code of procedure. Macaulay.
– Strin"gent*ly, adv.
– Strin"gent*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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