There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DEFLAGRATE
deflagrate
(verb) burn with great heat and intense light; “the powder deflagrated”
deflagrate
(verb) cause to burn rapidly and with great intensity; “care must be exercised when this substance is to be deflagrated”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
deflagrate (third-person singular simple present deflagrates, present participle deflagrating, simple past and past participle deflagrated)
(physics) To burn with intense light and heat.
Specifically, to combust subsonically through thermal conduction.
Antonyms
• (with respect to speed of propagation) detonate
Hypernyms
• combust
Source: Wiktionary
Def"la*grate, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Deflagrated; p. pr. & vb. n. Deflagrating.] Etym: [L. deflagratus, p. p. of deflagrare to burn up; de- + flagrare to flame, burn.] (Chem.)
Definition: To burn with a sudden and sparkling combustion, as niter; also, to snap and crackle with slight explosions when heated, as salt.
Def"la*grate, v. t. (Chem.)
Definition: To cause to burn with sudden and sparkling combustion, as by the action of intense heat; to burn or vaporize suddenly; as, to deflagrate refractory metals in the oxyhydrogen flame.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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