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.
VENTOUSE
Etymology
Noun
ventouse (plural ventouses)
(obsolete) A cupping glass.
(medicine) A suction cup like device used on a baby's head to assist in difficult childbirths
Verb
ventouse (third-person singular simple present ventouses, present participle ventousing, simple past and past participle ventoused)
(obsolete) To cup; to use a cupping glass.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Ven"touse, n. Etym: [F.]
Definition: A cupping glass. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Ven"touse, v. t. & i.
Definition: To cup; to use a cupping glass. [Obs.] [Written also ventuse.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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