Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PHORMIUM
Etymology
From the genus name.
Noun
phormium (plural phormiums)
Any liliaceous plant in the Phormium genus, New Zealand flax.
Source: Wiktionary
Phor"mi*um, n. Etym: [NL. fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of liliaceous plants, consisting of one species (Phormium tenax). See Flax-plant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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