Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CARUNCLES
Noun
caruncles
plural of caruncle
Source: Wiktionary
CARUNCLE
Car"un*cle, Ca*run"cu*la, n. Etym: [L. caruncula a little piece of flesh, dim. of caro flesh.]
1. (Anat.)
Definition: A small fleshy prominence or excrescence; especially the small, reddish body, the caruncula lacrymalis, in the inner angle of the eye.
2. (Bot.)
Definition: An excrescence or appendage surrounding or near the hilum of a seed.
3. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A naked, flesh appendage, on the head of a bird, as the wattles of a turkey, etc.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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