Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
GLUCINA
Noun
glucina (uncountable)
(obsolete, chemistry) beryllium oxide
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• cingula
Source: Wiktionary
Glu*ci"na, n. Etym: [Cf. F. glycine, glucine. So called because it forms sweet salts. See Glucinum.] (Chem.)
Definition: A white or gray tasteless powder, the oxide of the element glucinum; -- formerly called glucine.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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