Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
INVOLUTING
Verb
involuting
present participle of involute
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INVOLUTE
In"vo*lute, In"vo*lu`ted, a. Etym: [L. involutus, p. p. of involvere. See Involve.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: Rolled inward from the edges; -- said of leaves in vernation, or of the petals of flowers in æstivation. Gray.
2. (Zoöl.) (a) Turned inward at the margin, as the exterior lip of the Cyprea. (b) Rolled inward spirally.
In"vo*lute, n. (Geom.)
Definition: A curve traced by the end of a string wound upon another curve, or unwound from it; -- called also evolvent. See Evolute.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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