Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
DESIDERATING
Verb
desiderating
present participle of desiderate
Source: Wiktionary
DESIDERATE
De*sid"er*ate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Desiderated; p. pr. & vb. n. Desiderating.] Etym: [L. desideratus, p. p. of desiderare to desire, miss. See Desire, and cf. Desideratum.]
Definition: To desire; to feel the want of; to lack; to miss; to want. Pray have the goodness to point out one word missing that ought to have been there -- please to insert a desiderated stanza. You can not. Prof. Wilson. Men were beginning . . . to desiderate for them an actual abode of fire. A. W. Ward.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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