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.
WHORLED
verticillate, verticillated, whorled
(adjective) forming one or more whorls (especially a whorl of leaves around a stem)
coiling, helical, spiral, spiraling, volute, voluted, whorled, turbinate
(adjective) in the shape of a coil
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
whorled (comparative more whorled, superlative most whorled)
formed from whorls; having whorls
Source: Wiktionary
Whorled, a.
Definition: Furnished with whorls; arranged in the form of a whorl or whorls; verticillate; as, whorled leaves.
WHORL
Whorl, n. Etym: [OE. whorvil the whirl of a spindle; akin to AS. hweorfa the whirl of a spindle, hweorfan to turn; cf. OD. worvel the whirl of a spindle. See Whirl, n. & v.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A circle of two or more leaves, flowers, or other organs, about the same part or joint of a stem.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A volution, or turn, of the spire of a univalve shell.
3. (Spinning)
Definition: The fly of a spindle.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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