Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
DESQUAMATED
Verb
desquamated
simple past tense and past participle of desquamate
Source: Wiktionary
DESQUAMATE
Des"qua*mate, v. i. Etym: [L. desquamatus, p. p. of desquamare to scale off; de- + squama scale.] (Med.)
Definition: To peel off in the form of scales; to scale off, as the skin in certain diseases.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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