There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
DUCT
duct
(noun) an enclosed conduit for a fluid
duct, epithelial duct, canal, channel
(noun) a bodily passage or tube lined with epithelial cells and conveying a secretion or other substance; “the tear duct was obstructed”; “the alimentary canal”; “poison is released through a channel in the snake’s fangs”
duct
(noun) a continuous tube formed by a row of elongated cells lacking intervening end walls
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
duct (plural ducts)
A pipe, tube or canal which carries gas or liquid from one place to another.
An enclosure or channel for electrical cable runs.
(obsolete) Guidance; direction.
Verb
duct (third-person singular simple present ducts, present participle ducting, simple past and past participle ducted)
To channel something through a duct (or series of ducts).
Source: Wiktionary
Duct, n. Etym: [L. ductus a leading, conducting, conduit, fr. ducere, ductum, to lead. See Duke, and cf. Douche.]
1. Any tube or canal by which a fluid or other substance is conducted or conveyed.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: One of the vessels of an animal body by which the products of glandular secretion are conveyed to their destination.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A large, elongated cell, either round or prismatic, usually found associated with woody fiber.
Note: Ducts are classified, according to the character of the surface of their walls, or their structure, as annular, spiral, scalariform, etc.
4. Guidance; direction. [Obs.] Hammond.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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