Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PILOSE
pilous, pilose, pilary
(adjective) covered with hairs especially fine soft ones
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
pilose (comparative more pilose, superlative most pilose)
Covered with fine hair.
Anagrams
• -poleis, Pelosi, Polies, loipes, plesio-, poleis
Source: Wiktionary
Pi*lose", a. Etym: [L. pilosus, fr. pilus hair. See Pile.]
1. Hairy; full of, or made of, hair. The heat-retaining property of the pilose covering. Owen.
2. (Zoöl.)
Definition: Clothed thickly with pile or soft down.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: Covered with long, slender hairs; resembling long hairs; hairy; as, pilose pubescence.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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(adjective) of or relating to an economy, the system of production and management of material wealth; “economic growth”; “aspects of social, political, and economical life”
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