Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
GLOCHIDIUM
glochidium, glochid
(noun) a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
glochidium (plural glochidia)
(zoology) The larva or young of the mussel.
(botany) A glochid, or cactus spine.
Source: Wiktionary
Glo*chid"i*um, n.; pl. Glochidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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COVERT
(adjective) secret or hidden; not openly practiced or engaged in or shown or avowed; “covert actions by the CIA”; “covert funding for the rebels”
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