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.
TORMENTIL
Etymology
Noun
tormentil (plural tormentils)
A low-growing herb (Potentilla erecta, syn. Potentilla tormentilla).
Synonyms
• shepherd's knot
Anagrams
• intermolt
Source: Wiktionary
Tor"men*til, n. Etym: [F. tormentille; cf. Pr., It., & NL. tormentilla, Sp. tormentila; all fr. L. tormentum pain. So called because it is said to allay pain. See Torment.] (Bot.)
Definition: A rosaceous herb (Potentilla Tormentilla), the root of which is used as a powerful astringent, and for alleviating gripes, or tormina, in diarrhea.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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