Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
LIGNOSES
Noun
lignoses
plural of lignose
Anagrams
• Gosselin, loginess, sloe gins
Source: Wiktionary
LIGNOSE
Lig*nose`, Lig"nous, a. Etym: [L. lignosus, fr. lignum wood: cf. F. ligneux. Cf. Ligneous.]
Definition: Ligneous. [R.] Evelyn.
Lig"nose`, n.
1. (Bot.)
Definition: See Lignin.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: An explosive compound of wood fiber and nitroglycerin. See Nitroglycerin.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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