There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
FERTILIZE
inseminate, fecundate, fertilize, fertilise
(verb) introduce semen into (a female)
fertilize, fertilise, feed
(verb) provide with fertilizers or add nutrients to; “We should fertilize soil if we want to grow healthy plants”
fertilize, fecundate, fertilise
(verb) make fertile or productive; “The course fertilized her imagination”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
fertilize (third-person singular simple present fertilizes, present participle fertilizing, simple past and past participle fertilized)
To make (the soil) more fertile by adding nutrients to it.
(figuratively) To make more creative or intellectually productive.
To cause to produce offspring through insemination; to inseminate.
Source: Wiktionary
Fer"ti*lize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Fertilized; p. pr. & vb. n. Fertilizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. fertiliser.]
1. To make fertile or enrich; to supply with nourishment for plants; to make fruitful or productive; as, to fertilize land, soil, ground, and meadows. And fertilize the field that each pretends to gain. Byron.
2. To fecundate; as, to fertilize flower. A. R. Wallace.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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