Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
BOTANIZE
botanize, botanise
(verb) collect and study plants
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Verb
botanize (third-person singular simple present botanizes, present participle botanizing, simple past and past participle botanized)
To do the work of a botanist, as to inventory the plant life in an area and to collect plants for research purposes.
Source: Wiktionary
Bot"a*nize, v. i. [imp. & p. p. Botanized; p. pr. & vb. n. Botanizing.] Etym: [Cf. F. botaniser.]
Definition: To seek after plants for botanical investigation; to study plants.
Bot"a*nize, v. t.
Definition: To explore for botanical purposes.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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