There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DISFIGURE
deface, disfigure, blemish
(verb) mar or spoil the appearance of; “scars defaced her cheeks”; “The vandals disfigured the statue”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
disfigure (third-person singular simple present disfigures, present participle disfiguring, simple past and past participle disfigured)
Change the appearance of something/someone to the negative.
Source: Wiktionary
Dis*fig"ure, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Disfigured; p. pr. & vb. n. Disfiguring.] Etym: [OF. desfigurer, F. défigurer; pref. des- (L. dis-) + figurer to fashion, shape, fr. L. figurare, fr. figura figure. See Figure, and cf. Defiguration.]
Definition: To mar the figure of; to render less complete, perfect, or beautiful in appearance; to deface; to deform. Disfiguring not God's likeness, but their own. Milton.
Syn.
– To deface; deform; mar; injure.
Dis*fig"ure, n.
Definition: Disfigurement; deformity. [Obs.] Chaucer.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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