Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
HIGTAPER
Hig"-ta`per, n. Etym: [Cf. Hag-taper.] (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the genus Verbascum (V. Thapsus); the common mullein. [Also high-taper and hag-taper.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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TRUNCATION
(noun) the replacement of an edge or solid angle (as in cutting a gemstone) by a plane (especially by a plane that is equally inclined to the adjacent faces)
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