There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
ELAEIS
Elaeis, genus Elaeis
(noun) oil palms
Source: WordNet® 3.1
E*læ"is, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of palms.
Note: Elæis Guineensis, the African oil palm, is a tree twenty or thirty feet high, with immense pinnate leaves and large masses of fruit. The berries are rather larger than olives, and when boiled in water yield the orange-red palm oil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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