There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
osculates
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of osculate
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Source: Wiktionary
Os"cu*late, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Osculated; p. pr. & vb. n. Osculating.] Etym: [L. osculatus, p. p. of osculari to kiss, fr. osculum a little mouth, a kiss, dim. of os mouth. See Oral, and cf. Oscillate.]
1. To kiss.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: To touch closely, so as to have a common curvature at the point of contact. See Osculation, 2.
Os"cu*late, v. i.
1. To kiss one another; to kiss.
2. (Geom.)
Definition: To touch closely. See Osculation, 2.
3. (Biol.)
Definition: To have characters in common with two genera or families, so as to form a connecting link between them; to interosculate. See Osculant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
5 November 2024
(verb) draw out a discussion or process in order to gain time; “The speaker temporized in order to delay the vote”
There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.