There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
BUTTERFLYING
Verb
butterflying
present participle of butterfly
Source: Wiktionary
BUTTERFLY
But"ter*fly`, n.; pl. Butterflies. Etym: [Perh. from the color of a yellow species. AS. buter-flege, buttor-fleóge; cf. G. butterfliege, D. botervlieg. See Butter, and Fly.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: A general name for the numerous species of diurnal Lepidoptera.
Note: [See Illust. under Aphrodite.] Asclepias butterfly. See under Asclepias.
РButterfly fish (Zo̦l.), the ocellated blenny (Blennius ocellaris) of Europe. See Blenny. The term is also applied to the flying gurnard.
РButterfly shell (Zo̦l.), a shell of the genus Voluta.
– Butterfly valve (Mech.), a kind of double clack valve, consisting of two semicircular clappers or wings hinged to a cross rib in the pump bucket. When open it somewhat resembles a butterfly in shape.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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