There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
FRIGHTEN
frighten, fright, scare, affright
(verb) cause fear in; “The stranger who hangs around the building frightens me”; “Ghosts could never affright her”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
frighten (third-person singular simple present frightens, present participle frightening, simple past and past participle frightened)
(transitive) To cause to feel fear; to scare; to cause to feel alarm or fright.
Synonyms
• See also frighten
Anagrams
• fringeth
Source: Wiktionary
Fright"en, v. t. [imp. Frightened; p. pr. & vb. n. Frightening.] Etym: [See Fright, v. t.]
Definition: To disturb with fear; to throw into a state of alarm or fright; to affright; to terrify. More frightened than hurt. Old Proverb.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
(noun) wit having a sharp and caustic quality; “he commented with typical pungency”; “the bite of satire”
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