There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
MEZEREON
mezereon, February daphne, Daphne mezereum
(noun) small European deciduous shrub with fragrant lilac-colored flowers followed by red berries on highly toxic twigs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
mezereon (countable and uncountable, plural mezereons)
An ornamental shrub, Daphne mezereum, having purple flowers and bright red fruit.
Synonyms: spurge olive, February daphne
The dried bark of this plant, once used as a vesicant.
Source: Wiktionary
Me*ze"re*on, n. Etym: [F. mézéréon, Per. mazriyun.] (Bot.)
Definition: A small European shrub (Daphne Mezereum), whose acrid bark is used in medicine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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