Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
LICHENINS
Noun
lichenins
plural of lichenin
Source: Wiktionary
LICHENIN
Li"chen*in, n. (Chem.)
Definition: A substance isomeric with starch, extracted from several species of moss and lichen, esp. from Iceland moss.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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