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.
TOXIN
toxin
(noun) a poisonous substance produced during the metabolism and growth of certain microorganisms and some higher plant and animal species
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
toxin (plural toxins)
A toxic or poisonous substance produced by the biological processes of biological organisms.
Usage notes
Toxin is often incorrectly used to describe various toxic substances in a body that need to be removed. The correct term to use in this case is toxicant.
Source: Wiktionary
Tox"in, Tox"ine, n. Etym: [Gr.Toxic. ]
Definition: A poisonous product formed by pathogenic bacteria, as a toxic proteid or poisonous ptomaine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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