There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
CYANIC
Etymology
Adjective
cyanic (comparative more cyanic, superlative most cyanic)
(chemistry) Of cyanogen or its derivatives
azure-blue
(botany, of a flower) Containing an anthocyanin
Antonyms
• (botany): acyanic
Source: Wiktionary
Cy*an"ic (s-n"k), a. Etym: [Gr. cyanique. Cf. Kyanite.]
1. Pertaining to, or containing, cyanogen.
2. Of or pertaining to a blue color. Cyanic acid (Chem.), an acid, HOCN, derived from cyanogen, well known in its salts, but never isolated in the free state.
– Cyanic colors (Bot.), those colors (of flowers) having some tinge of blue; -- opposed to xanthic colors. A color of either series may pass into red or white, but not into the opposing color. Red and pure white are more common among flowers of cyanic tendency than in those of the other class.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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