There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
MATERNAL
parental, maternal, paternal
(adjective) relating to or characteristic of or befitting a parent; “parental guidance”
maternal
(adjective) characteristic of a mother; “warm maternal affection for her guest”- Dorothy Sayers
enate, enatic, maternal
(adjective) related on the mother’s side; “my maternal grandmother”
maternal
(adjective) relating to or derived from one’s mother; “maternal genes”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
maternal (comparative more maternal, superlative most maternal)
Of or pertaining to a mother; having the characteristics of a mother; motherly.
Antonyms: fatherly, paternal
Related through the mother, or her side of the family.
Antonym: paternal
(anatomy, medicine) Derived from the mother as opposed to the foetus during pregnancy.
Antonyms: fetal, foetal
Coordinate terms
• avuncular (“relating to an uncle”)
• filial (“relating to a daughter or son”)
• fraternal (“relating to a brother”)
• marital (“relating to a husband”) (obsolete)
• materteral, materterine (“relating to an aunt”)
• nepotal (“relating to a nephew”)
• parental (“relating to a parent”)
• sororal (“relating to a sister”)
• uxorial (“relating to a wife”)
Noun
maternal (plural maternals) (rare)
(dated, informal) A mother.
A person related through the mother, or her side of the family; a maternal relative.
Anagrams
• Alterman
Source: Wiktionary
Ma*ter"nal, a. Etym: [F. maternel, L. maternus, fr. mater mother. See Mother.]
Definition: Of or pertaining to a mother; becoming to a mother; motherly; as, maternal love; maternal tenderness.
Syn.
– See Motherly.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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