Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
POACHARD
Poach"ard, n. Etym: [From Poach to stab.] [Written also pocard, pochard.] (Zoöl.) (a) A common European duck (Aythya ferina); -- called also goldhead, poker, and fresh-water, or red-headed, widgeon. (b) The American redhead, which is closely allied to the European poachard. Red-crested poachard (Zoöl.), an Old World duck (Branta rufina).
– Scaup poachard, the scaup duck.
– Tufted poachard, a scaup duck (Aythya, or Fuligula cristata), native of Europe and Asia.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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