Astrakhan definition: Astrakhan is black or grey curly fur from the skins of lambs. It is used for making coats... | Meaning, pronunciation, translations and examples English Dictionary | Thesaurus | Translator | Grammar | Scrabble | Blog
ecuador Ecuador is the worldâs leading banana exporter. It sends its fruit from banana farms to the U.S., Europe, Japan, Chile and Argentina. The banana industry in North America sources its bananas from tropical regions. Chiquita owns farms in Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama. Most of the bananas you buy are grown within 20 degrees on either side of the equator.
through black fields, where tlachiqueros brought sheepskins slung across their backs full of fresh maguey juice to be fermented, and campesinos in white lined the right-of-way 1985, Cormac McCarthy, Blood Meridian, Vintage 1992, p. 147: