Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PISOLITE
Etymology
Noun
pisolite (countable and uncountable, plural pisolites)
(geology) A sedimentary rock formed from pisoids
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Source: Wiktionary
Pi"so*lite, n. Etym: [Gr. -lite: cf. F. pisolithe.] (Min.)
Definition: A variety of calcite, or calcium carbonate, consisting of aggregated globular concretions about the size of a pea; -- called also peastone, peagrit.
Note: Oölite is similar in structure, but the concretions are as small as the roe of a fish.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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