Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CULVER
Etymology 1
Noun
culver (plural culvers)
(now UK, south and east dialect or poetic) A dove or pigeon, now specifically of the species Columba palumbus.
Synonyms
• wood pigeon
Etymology 2
Noun
culver (plural culvers)
A culverin, a kind of handgun or cannon.
Source: Wiktionary
Cul"ver (k"vr), n. Etym: [AS. culfre, perh. fr. L. columba.]
Definition: A dove. "Culver in the falcon's fist." Spenser.
Cul"ver, n. Etym: [Abbrev. fr. Culverin.]
Definition: A culverin. Falcon and culver on each tower Stood prompt their deadly hail to shower. Sir W. Scott.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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