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.
ZYMOGENIC
Etymology
Adjective
zymogenic (not comparable)
(biology) pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene
(biology) capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment
Source: Wiktionary
Zym`o*gen"ic, a. (Biol.) (a) Pertaining to, or formed by, a zymogene. (b) Capable of producing a definite zymogen or ferment. Zymogenic organism (Biol.), a microörganism, such as the yeast plant of the Bacterium lactis, which sets up certain fermentative processes by which definite chemical products are formed; -- distinguished from a pathogenic organism. Cf. Micrococcus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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