Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
GROSGRAIN
grosgrain
(noun) a silk or silklike fabric with crosswise ribs
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
grosgrain (countable and uncountable, plural grosgrains)
A silk fabric having narrow, horizontal ribs.
A close-woven fabric (usually made from silk or rayon) having narrow horizontal ribs.
A ribbon made of this fabric.
Source: Wiktionary
Gros"grain`, a. Etym: [F. Cf. Grogram.]
Definition: Of a coarse texture; -- applied to silk with a heavy thread running crosswise.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ROOTS
(noun) the condition of belonging to a particular place or group by virtue of social or ethnic or cultural lineage; “his roots in Texas go back a long way”; “he went back to Sweden to search for his roots”; “his music has African roots”
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