There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
CALAMITE
Noun
calamite (plural calamites)
An extinct genus of treelike horsetails, Calamites.
Source: Wiktionary
Cal"a*mite, n. Etym: [L. calamus a reed: cf. F. calamite.] (Paleon.)
Definition: A fossil plant of the coal formation, having the general form of plants of the modern Equiseta (the Horsetail or Scouring Rush family) but sometimes attaining the height of trees, and having the stem more or less woody within. See Acrogen, and Asterophyllite.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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NURSE
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