Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ASSIMILATIVE
assimilating, assimilative, assimilatory
(adjective) capable of taking (gas, light, or liquids) into a solution; āan assimilative substanceā
assimilative
(adjective) capable of mentally absorbing; āassimilative processesā; āassimilative capacity of the human mindā
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
assimilative (comparative more assimilative, superlative most assimilative)
Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation.
Source: Wiktionary
As*sim"i*la*tive, a. Etym: [Cf. LL. assimilativus, F. assimilatif.]
Definition: Tending to, or characterized by, assimilation; that assimilates or causes assimilation; as, an assimilative process or substance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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