There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DISMEMBERED
Verb
dismembered
simple past tense and past participle of dismember
Source: Wiktionary
DISMEMBER
Dis*mem"ber, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Dismembered; p. pr. & vb. n. Dismembering.] Etym: [OF. desmembrer, F. démembrer; pref. des- (L. dis) + OF. & F. membre limb. See Member.]
1. To tear limb from limb; to dilacerate; to disjoin member from member; to tear or cut in pieces; to break up. Fowls obscene dismembered his remains. Pope. A society lacerated and dismembered. Gladstone. By whose hands the blow should be struck which would dismember that once mighty empire. Buckle.
2. To deprive of membership. [Obs.] They were dismembered by vote of the house. R. North.
Syn.
– To disjoint; dislocate; dilacerate; mutilate; divide; sever.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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