Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CANTHARIDINS
Noun
cantharidins
plural of cantharidin
Source: Wiktionary
CANTHARIDIN
Can*thar"i*din, n. (Chem.)
Definition: The active principe of the cantharis, or Spanish fly, a volatile, acrid, bitter solid, crystallizing in four-sided prisms.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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PUNGENCY
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