Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
HETEROCLITES
Noun
heteroclites
plural of heteroclite
Source: Wiktionary
HETEROCLITE
Het"er*o*clite, a. Etym: [L. heteroclitus, Gr. hétéroclite.]
Definition: Deviating from ordinary forms or rules; irregular; anomalous; abnormal.
Het"er*o*clite, n.
1. (Gram.)
Definition: A word which is irregular or anomalous either in declension or conjugation, or which deviates from ordinary forms of inflection in words of a like kind; especially, a noun which is irregular in declension.
2. Any thing or person deviating from the common rule, or from common forms. Howell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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