There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
COMBUSTED
Verb
combusted
simple past tense and past participle of combust
Source: Wiktionary
COMBUST
Com*bust", a. Etym: [L. combustus, p. p. of comburere to burn up; com- + burere (only in comp.), of uncertian origin; cf. bustum fineral pyre, prurire to itch, pruna a live coal, Gr. plush to burn.]
1. Burnt; consumed. [Obs.] Chaucer.
2. (Astron.)
Definition: So near the sun as to be obscured or eclipsed by his light, as the moon or planets when not more than eight degrees and a half from the sun. [Obs.] Planets that are oft combust. Milton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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