There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
PLEAT
pleat, plait
(noun) any of various types of fold formed by doubling fabric back upon itself and then pressing or stitching into shape
pleat, plicate
(verb) fold into pleats; “Pleat the cloth”
ruffle, pleat
(verb) pleat or gather into a ruffle; “ruffle the curtain fabric”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pleat (plural pleats)
(sewing) A fold in the fabric of a garment, usually a skirt, as a part of the design of the garment, with the purpose of adding controlled fullness and freedom of movement, or taking up excess fabric. There are many types of pleats, differing in their construction and appearance.
(botany) A fold in an organ, usually a longitudinal fold in a long leaf such as that of palmetto, lending it stiffness.
A plait.
Verb
pleat (third-person singular simple present pleats, present participle pleating, simple past and past participle pleated)
(transitive) To form one or more pleats in a piece of fabric or a garment.
To plait.
Anagrams
• -petal, Patel, Plate, leapt, lepta, palet, pelta, petal, plate, platé, tepal
Source: Wiktionary
Pleat, n. & v. t.
Definition: See Plait.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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