Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
GREENSANDS
Noun
greensands
plural of greensand
Source: Wiktionary
GREENSAND
Green"sand` (-s, n. (Geol.)
Definition: A variety of sandstone, usually imperfectly consolidated, consisting largely of glauconite, a silicate of iron and potash of a green color, mixed with sand and a trace of phosphate of lime.
Note: Greensand is often called marl, because it is a useful fertilizer. The greensand beds of the American Cretaceous belong mostly to the Upper Cretaceous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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