There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
CONSTRICTED
constricted
(adjective) drawn together or squeezed physically or by extension psychologically; “a constricted blood vessel”; “a constricted view of life”
constricted
(adjective) especially tense; especially in some dialects
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
constricted
simple past tense and past participle of constrict
Source: Wiktionary
Con*strict"ed, a.
1. Drawn together; bound; contracted; cramped.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Contracted or compressed so as to be smaller in certain places or parts than in others.
CONSTRICT
Con*strict", v. t. [imp. & p.p. Constricted; p.pr. & vb.n. Constricting.] Etym: [L. constrictus, p.p. of constringere. See Constrain.]
Definition: To draw together; to render narrower or smaller; to bind; to cramp; to contract or ause to shrink. Such things as constrict the fibers. Arbuthnot. Membranous organs inclosing a cavity which their contraction constrict. Todd & Bowman.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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