There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
SWATCH
swatch
(noun) a sample piece of cloth
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology 1
Noun
swatch (plural swatches)
A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth or a similar material.
A selection of such samples bound together.
(figuratively) A clump or portion of something.
(figuratively) A demonstration, an example, a proof.
(Northern England, obsolete) A tag or other small object attached to another item as a means of identifying its owner; a tally; specifically the counterfoil of a tally.
Verb
swatch (third-person singular simple present swatches, present participle swatching, simple past and past participle swatched)
To create a swatch, especially a sample of knitted fabric.
Etymology 2
Noun
swatch (plural swatches)
(UK) A channel or passage of water between sandbanks, or between a sandbank and a seashore.
Etymology
Proper noun
Swatch
A brand of relatively cheap Swiss analog watches
Source: Wiktionary
Swatch, n.
1. A swath. [Obs.] Tusser.
2. A piece, pattern, or sample, generally of cloth. Halliwell. Jamieson.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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