Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
HYPANTHIUM
hypanthium, floral cup, calyx tube
(noun) the cuplike or ringlike or tubular structure of a flower which bears the sepals and stamens and calyx (as in Rosaceae)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
hypanthium (plural hypanthia)
(botany) The bowl-shaped part of a flower on which the sepals, petals, and stamens are borne
Source: Wiktionary
Hy*pan"thi*um, n.; pl. L. Hypanthia, E. Hypanthiums. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A fruit consisting in large part of a receptacle, enlarged below the calyx, as in the alycanthus, the rose hip, and the pear.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SCHNORR
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