Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
ISORCIN
I*sor"cin, n. Etym: [Iso- + orcin.] (Chem.)
Definition: A crystalline hydrocarbon derivative, metameric with orcin, but produced artificially; -- called also cresorcin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CHATTEL
(noun) personal as opposed to real property; any tangible movable property (furniture or domestic animals or a car etc)
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