Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
OBTECTED
Etymology
Adjective
obtected (comparative more obtected, superlative most obtected)
(obsolete) covered; protected
(zoology) Covered with a hard chitinous case, like the pupa of certain files.
Source: Wiktionary
Ob*tect"ed, a. Etym: [L. obtectus, p.p. of obtegere to cover over.]
1. Covered; protected. [Obs.]
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Covered with a hard chitinous case, as the pupa of certain files.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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