Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PHLOGISTICATED
Etymology
Adjective
phlogisticated (not comparable)
(obsolete, chemistry) Containing phlogiston.
Verb
phlogisticated
simple past tense and past participle of phlogisticate
Source: Wiktionary
PHLOGISTICATE
Phlo*gis"ti*cate, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Phlogisticated; p. pr. & vb. n. Phlogisticating.] (Old Chem.)
Definition: To combine phlogiston with; -- usually in the form and sense of the p. p. or the adj.; as, highly phlogisticated substances.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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