Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PIGMENTATION
pigmentation
(noun) coloration of living tissues by pigment
pigmentation
(noun) the deposition of pigment in animals or plants or human beings
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
pigmentation (countable and uncountable, plural pigmentations)
Coloration of human, plant or animal tissue, especially by pigment.
Source: Wiktionary
Pig`men*ta"tion, n. (Physiol.)
Definition: A deposition, esp. an excessive deposition, of coloring matter; as, pigmentation of the liver.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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