Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
BOURGEONED
Verb
bourgeoned
simple past tense and past participle of bourgeon
Source: Wiktionary
BOURGEON
Bour"geon, v. i. Etym: [OE. burjoun a bud, burjounen to bud, F. bourgeon a bud, bourgeonner to bud; cf. OHG. burjan to raise.]
Definition: To sprout; to put forth buds; to shoot forth, as a branch. Gayly to bourgeon and broadly to grow. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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