There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
HEMITROPOUS
Etymology
Adjective
hemitropous (comparative more hemitropous, superlative most hemitropous)
Turned half round; half inverted.
(botany, of an ovule) Having the raphe terminating about halfway between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous.
Synonyms
• hemitropal
Source: Wiktionary
He*mit"ro*pal, He*mit"ro*pous, a. Etym: [See Hemitrope.]
1. Turned half round; half inverted.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: Having the raphe terminating about half way between the chalaza and the orifice; amphitropous; -- said of an ovule. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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