There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
LOUR
frown, glower, lour, lower
(verb) look angry or sullen, wrinkle one’s forehead, as if to signal disapproval
lower, lour
(verb) set lower; “lower a rating”; “lower expectations”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
lour (third-person singular simple present lours, present participle louring, simple past and past participle loured)
(intransitive) To frown; to look sullen.
Synonyms: glower, scowl
(intransitive, figuratively) To be dark, gloomy, and threatening, as clouds; of the sky: to be covered with dark and threatening clouds; to show threatening signs of approach, as a tempest.
Noun
lour (plural lours)
A frown, a scowl; an angry or sullen look.
(figuratively) Of the sky, the weather, etc.: a dark, gloomy, and threatening appearance.
Synonyms: gloom, gloominess
Source: Wiktionary
Lour, n. Etym: [Native name.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: An Asiatic sardine (Clupea Neohowii), valued for its oil.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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