Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
GERMANISM
Germanism
(noun) a custom that is peculiar to Germany or its citizens
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ger"man*ism, n. Etym: [Cf. F. germanisme.]
1. An idiom of the German language.
2. A characteristic of the Germans; a characteristic German mode, doctrine, etc.; rationalism. J. W. Alexander.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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