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.
ZOOSPORE
zoospore
(noun) an asexual spore of some algae and fungi that moves by means of flagella
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
zoospore (plural zoospores)
A motile asexual spore of some algae and fungi
Synonyms
• swarm spore
Anagrams
• ozopores
Source: Wiktionary
Zo"ƶ*spore, n. Etym: [Zoƶ- + spore.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A spore provided with one or more slender cilia, by the vibration of which it swims in the water. Zoƶspores are produced by many green, and by some olive-brown, algƦ. In certain species they are divided into the larger macrozoƶspores and the smaller microzoƶspores. Called also sporozoid, and swarmspore.
2. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: See Swarmspore.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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