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.
TRAPEZIA
TRAPEZIUM
trapezium, trapezium bone, os trapezium
(noun) the wrist bone on the thumb side of the hand that articulates with the 1st and 2nd metacarpals
Trapezium
(noun) a multiple star in the constellation of Orion
trapezium
(noun) a quadrilateral with no parallel sides
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Noun
trapezia
plural of trapezium
Source: Wiktionary
TRAPEZIUM
Tra*pe"zi*um, n.; pl. E. Trapeziums, L. Trapezia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. Tetra-) + Foot.]
1. (Geom.)
Definition: A plane figure bounded by four right lines, of which no two are parallel.
2. (Anat.) (a) A bone of the carpus at the base of the first metacarpal, or thumb. (b) A region on the ventral side of the brain, either just back of the pons Varolii, or, as in man, covered by the posterior extension of its transverse fibers.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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