There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
MERCURIALIZE
Etymology
Verb
mercurialize (third-person singular simple present mercurializes, present participle mercurializing, simple past and past participle mercurialized)
(chemistry, transitive) To treat with mercury (the metal).
(obsolete, medicine) To treat with a mercury ointment
(obsolete, intransitive) To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious.
Source: Wiktionary
Mer*cu"ri*al*ize, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Mercurialized; p. pr. & vb. n. Mercurializing.]
1. (Med.)
Definition: To affect with mercury.
2. (Photography)
Definition: To treat with mercury; to expose to the vapor of mercury.
Mer*cu"ri*al*ize, v. i.
Definition: To be sprightly, fantastic, or capricious. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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