Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
MECONIC
Etymology 1
Adjective
meconic (not comparable)
(medicine) Of or pertaining to meconium.
Etymology 2
Adjective
meconic (not comparable)
(rare) Of or pertaining to opium poppies (mecon).
Source: Wiktionary
Me*con"ic, a. Etym: [Gr. méconique.]
Definition: Pertaining to, or obtained from, the poppy or opium; specif. (Chem.), designating an acid related to aconitic acid, found in opium and extracted as a white crystalline substance.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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