Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
HUMECTANTS
Noun
humectants
plural of humectant
Source: Wiktionary
HUMECTANT
Hu*mec"tant, a. Etym: [L. humectans, p.pr.]
Definition: Diluent.
– n.
Definition: A diluent drink or medicine. [Obs.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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OBLIQUE
(adjective) slanting or inclined in direction or course or position--neither parallel nor perpendicular nor right-angled; “the oblique rays of the winter sun”; “acute and obtuse angles are oblique angles”; “the axis of an oblique cone is not perpendicular to its base”
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