Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
BURRY
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
Etymology
Proper noun
Burry
A surname.
Etymology
Adjective
burry (comparative more burry, superlative most burry)
Abounding in burs.
(of speech, or other produced sound) Characterized by a burr.
Source: Wiktionary
Burr"y, a.
Definition: Abounding in burs, or containing burs; resembling burs; as, burry wool.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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THEORETICAL
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