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.
TAXONOMY
taxonomy
(noun) practice of classifying plants and animals according to their presumed natural relationships
taxonomy
(noun) (biology) study of the general principles of scientific classification
taxonomy
(noun) a classification of organisms into groups based on similarities of structure or origin etc
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
taxonomy (countable and uncountable, plural taxonomies)
The science or the technique used to make a classification.
A classification; especially, a classification in a hierarchical system.
(taxonomy, uncountable) The science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms.
Synonyms
• taxonomics
• (science of finding, describing, classifying and naming organisms): alpha taxonomy
Coordinate terms
• nomenclature
• ontology
Source: Wiktionary
Tax*on"o*my, n. Etym: [Gr.
Definition: That division of the natural sciences which treats of the classification of animals and plants; the laws or principles of classification.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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