Hawaii and California are the only two U.S. states that grow coffee plants commercially.
GEOPHILOUS
Etymology
Adjective
geophilous (not comparable)
Loving the ground: specifically applied to sundry animals, especially the Geophila or land-snails.
(botany) Terrestrial; growing or rooting in the ground.
(phytogeography) growing on the ground or on decaying vegetable matter: applied by Pound and Clements to a class of fungi.
Fruiting underground.
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) an intellectual hold or understanding; “a good grip on French history”; “they kept a firm grip on the two top priorities”; “he was in the grip of a powerful emotion”; “a terrible power had her in its grasp”
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