There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
PUFFY
gusty, puffy
(adjective) blowing in puffs or short intermittent blasts; “puffy off-shore winds”; “gusty winds”
puffy, intumescent, tumescent, tumid, turgid
(adjective) abnormally distended especially by fluids or gas; “hungry children with bloated stomachs”; “he had a grossly distended stomach”; “eyes with puffed (or puffy) lids”; “swollen hands”; “tumescent tissue”; “puffy tumid flesh”
bouffant, puffy
(adjective) being puffed out; used of hair style or clothing; “a bouffant skirt”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
puffy (comparative puffier, superlative puffiest)
Swollen or inflated in shape, as if filled with air; pillow-like.
Coming or exhaling in puffs.
Speaking or writing in an exaggeratedly eloquent and self-important manner.
Source: Wiktionary
Puff"y, a.
1. Swelled with air, or any soft matter; tumid with a soft substance; bloated; fleshy; as, a puffy tumor. " A very stout, puffy man." Thackeray.
2. Hence, inflated; bombastic; as, a puffy style.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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