There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
RUINOUS
blasting, ruinous
(adjective) causing injury or blight; especially affecting with sudden violence or plague or ruin; “the blasting effects of the intense cold on the budding fruit”; “the blasting force of the wind blowing sharp needles of sleet in our faces”; “a ruinous war”
catastrophic, ruinous
(adjective) extremely harmful; bringing physical or financial ruin; “a catastrophic depression”; “catastrophic illness”; “a ruinous course of action”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
ruinous (comparative more ruinous, superlative most ruinous)
Causing ruin; destructive, calamitous
Extremely costly; so expensive as to cause financial ruin.
Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
Synonyms
• (characterized by ruin): See ramshackle
Anagrams
• urinous
Source: Wiktionary
Ru"in*ous, a. Etym: [L. ruinosus: cf. F. ruineux. See Ruin.]
1. Causing, or tending to cause, ruin; destructive; baneful; pernicious; as, a ruinous project. After a night of storm so ruinous. Milton.
2. Characterized by ruin; ruined; dilapidated; as, an edifice, bridge, or wall in a ruinous state.
3. Composed of, or consisting in, ruins. Behold, Damascus . . . shall be a ruinous heap. Isa. xvii. 1.
Syn.
– Dilapidated; decayed; demolished; pernicious; destructive; baneful; wasteful; mischievous.
– Ru"in*ous*ly, adv.
– Ru"in*ous*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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