Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
GYMNODONT
Gym"no*dont, n. Etym: [Gr. gymno`s naked + (Zool.)
Definition: One of a group of plectognath fishes (Gymnodontes), having the teeth and jaws consolidated into one or two bony plates, on each jaw, as the diodonts and tetradonts. See Bur fish, Globefish, Diodon.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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