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.
TEOSINTE
Etymology
Noun
teosinte (countable and uncountable, plural teosintes)
Any of a few species of maize-like grasses of the genus Zea found in Mexico, Guatemala and Nicaragua.
Zea diploperennis
Zea perennis
Zea luxurians
Zea nicaraguensis
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Source: Wiktionary
Te`o*sin"te, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A large grass (Euchlæna luxurians) closely related to maize. It is native of Mexico and Central America, but is now cultivated for fodder in the Southern United States and in many warm countries. Called also Guatemala grass.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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