There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
BIRDLIMING
Verb
birdliming
present participle of birdlime
Source: Wiktionary
BIRDLIME
Bird"lime`, n. Etym: [Bird + lime viscous substance.]
Definition: An extremely adhesive viscid substance, usually made of the middle bark of the holly, by boiling, fermenting, and cleansing it. When a twig is smeared with this substance it will hold small birds which may light upon it. Hence: Anything which insnares. Not birdlime or Idean pitch produce A more tenacious mass of clammy juice. Dryden.
Note: Birdlime is also made from mistletoe, elder, etc.
Bird"lime`, v. t. T
Definition: o smear with birdlime; to catch with birdlime; to insnare. When the heart is thus birdlimed, then it cleaves to everything it meets with. Coodwin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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