Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
BARBELLATE
barbed, barbellate, briary, briery, bristled, bristly, burred, burry, prickly, setose, setaceous, spiny, thorny
(adjective) having or covered with protective barbs or quills or spines or thorns or setae etc.; “a horse with a short bristly mane”; “bristly shrubs”; “burred fruits”; “setaceous whiskers”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
barbellate (comparative more barbellate, superlative most barbellate)
(botany) Having a covering of fine barbs, quills, spines or thorns
Source: Wiktionary
Bar"bel*late, a. Etym: [See 1st Barb.] (Bot.)
Definition: Having short, stiff hairs, often barbed at the point. Gray.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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