There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
INHIBITED
inhibited
(adjective) held back or restrained or prevented; “in certain conditions previously inhibited conditioned reactions can reappear”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Verb
inhibited
simple past tense and past participle of inhibit
Adjective
inhibited (comparative more inhibited, superlative most inhibited)
(of a person) Reserved or repressed, prone to quiet, inexpressive behavior.
Source: Wiktionary
INHIBIT
In*hib"it, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Inhibited; p. pr. & vb. n. Inhibiting.] Etym: [L. inhibitus, p. p. of inhibere; pref. in- in + habere to have, hold. See Habit.]
1. To check; to hold back; to restrain; to hinder. Their motions also are excited or inhibited . . . by the objects without them. Bentley.
2. To forbid; to prohibit; to interdict. All men were inhibited, by proclamation, at the dissolution, so much as to mention a Parliament. Clarendon. Burial may not be inhibited or denied to any one. Ayliffe.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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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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