There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
NURTURING
Verb
nurturing
present participle of nurture
Source: Wiktionary
NURTURE
Nur"ture, n. Etym: [OE. norture, noriture, OF. norriture, norreture, F. nourriture, fr. L. nutritura a nursing, suckling. See Nourish.]
1. The act of nourishing or nursing; thender care; education; training. A man neither by nature nor by nurture wise. Milton.
2. That which nourishes; food; diet. Spenser.
Nur"ture, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Nurtured; p. pr. & vb. n. Nurturing.]
1. To feed; to nourish.
2. To educate; to bring or train up. He was nurtured where he had been born. Sir H. Wotton.
Syn.
– To nourish; nurse; cherish; bring up; educate; tend.
– To Nurture, Nourish, Cherish. Nourish denotes to supply with food, or cause to grow; as, to nourish a plant, to nourish rebellion. To nurture is to train up with a fostering care, like that of a mother; as, to nurture into strength; to nurture in sound principles. To cherish is to hold and treat as dear; as, to cherish hopes or affections.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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