There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
STROBILE
cone, strobilus, strobile
(noun) cone-shaped mass of ovule- or spore-bearing scales or bracts
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
strobile (plural strobiles)
(botany) A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, such as the hop or pine; a cone.
(biology) An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, such as the tapeworm; one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
(zoology) A strobila or jointed segment.
Anagrams
• Bristole, Libertos, bit roles
Source: Wiktionary
Strob"ile, n. Etym: [L. strobilus a pine cone, Gr. strobole.] [Written also strobil.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A scaly multiple fruit resulting from the ripening of an ament in certain plants, as the hop or pine; a cone. See Cone, n., 3.
2. (Biol.)
Definition: An individual asexually producing sexual individuals differing from itself also in other respects, as the tapeworm, -- one of the forms that occur in metagenesis.
3. (Zoƶl.)
Definition: Same as Strobila.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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