Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
EPITHECA
Etymology
Noun
epitheca (plural epithecae)
(microbiology, planktology) The upper half of the theca of a thecate protist such as a diatom or dinoflagellate.
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• ucl.ac.uk diatom webpage
Coordinate terms
• hypotheca
Anagrams
• petechia
Source: Wiktionary
Ep`i*the"ca, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A continuous and, usually, structureless layer which covers more or less of the exterior of many corals.
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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