Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
LECTIN
lectin
(noun) any of several plant glycoproteins that act like specific antibodies but are not antibodies in that they are not evoked by an antigenic stimulus
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
lectin (plural lectins)
(protein) Any of a class of proteins that bind specific carbohydrates.
Hyponyms: phasin, phytohemagglutinin
Anagrams
• client, lentic
Source: Wiktionary
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(noun) large South American evergreen tree trifoliate leaves and drupes with nutlike seeds used as food and a source of cooking oil
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