There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
OBFUSCATES
Verb
obfuscates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of obfuscate
Source: Wiktionary
OBFUSCATE
Ob*fus"cate, a. Etym: [L. obfuscatus, p.p. of obfuscare to darken; ob (see Ob-) + fuscare, fuscatum, to darken, from fuscus dark.]
Definition: Obfuscated; darkened; obscured. [Obs.] [Written also offuscate.] Sir. T. Elyot.
Ob*fus"cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Obfuscated; p. pr. & vb. n. Obfuscating.]
Definition: To darken; to obscure; to becloud; hence, to confuse; to bewilder. His head, like a smokejack, the funnel unswept, and the ideas whirling round and round about in it, all obfuscated and darkened over with fuliginous matter. Sterne. Clouds of passion which might obfuscate the intellects of meaner females. Sir. W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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