Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
CUTIN
cutin
(noun) (biochemistry) a waxy transparent material that occurs in the cuticle of plants and consists of highly polymerized esters of fatty acids
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
cutin (countable and uncountable, plural cutins)
(biochemistry) A waxy polymer of hydroxy acids that is the main constituent of plant cuticle.
Anagrams
• incut, tunic
Source: Wiktionary
Cu"tin (k"tn), n. Etym: [L. cutis skin, outside.] (Bot.)
Definition: The substance which, added to the material of a cell wall, makes it waterproof, as in cork.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNEXPLOITED
(adjective) not developed, improved, exploited or used; “vast unexploited (or undeveloped) natural resources”; “taxes on undeveloped lots are low”
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