Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
HOMOGAMY
Etymology
Noun
homogamy (uncountable)
(botany) Fertilization of a flower by pollen from the same plant.
(biology) Breeding between similar individuals.
Synonym: inbreeding
Antonym: heterogamy
(sociology) Marriage or other union between similar people, or people of the same sex.
Synonym: Thesaurus:intermarriage
Antonyms: heterogamy, Thesaurus:intermarriage
Source: Wiktionary
Ho*mog"a*my, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The condition of being homogamous.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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