There are more than 50 countries that export coffee. They are near the equator, where the climate is conducive to producing coffee beans.
TENUOUS
flimsy, fragile, slight, tenuous, thin
(adjective) lacking substance or significance; “slight evidence”; “a tenuous argument”; “a thin plot”; “a fragile claim to fame”
tenuous
(adjective) very thin in gauge or diameter; “a tenuous thread”
tenuous
(adjective) having thin consistency; “a tenuous fluid”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
tenuous (comparative more tenuous, superlative most tenuous)
Thin in substance or consistency.
Synonyms: delicate, gossamer, Thesaurus:fragile
Insubstantial.
Synonyms: ethereal, Thesaurus:insubstantial
Source: Wiktionary
Ten"u*ous, a. Etym: [L. tenuis thin. See Thin, and cf. Tenuis.]
1. Thin; slender; small; minute.
2. Rare; subtile; not dense; -- said of fluids.
Definition: Lacking substance, as a tenuous argument.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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