There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
SQUAMOSE
Adjective
squamose (comparative more squamose, superlative most squamose)
Alternative form of squamous
Source: Wiktionary
Squa*mose" or, Squa"mous, Etym: [L. squamosus, fr. squama a scale: cf. F. squameux.]
1. Covered with, or consisting of, scales; resembling a scale; scaly; as, the squamose cones of the pine; squamous epithelial cells; the squamous portion of the temporal bone, which is so called from a fancied resemblance to a scale.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: Of or pertaining to the squamosal bone; squamosal.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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