Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
HOUSTONIA
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
houstonia (plural houstonias)
(botany) Any of the genus Houstonia of rubiaceous flowering plants.
Source: Wiktionary
Hous*to"ni*a, n. [NL. So named after Dr. William Houston, an English surgeon and botanist.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of small rubiaceous herbs, having tetramerous salveform blue or white flower. There are about twenty species, natives of North America. Also, a plant of this genus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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