Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
POLYZOAN
bryozoan, polyzoan, sea mat, sea moss, moss animal
(noun) sessile aquatic animal forming mossy colonies of small polyps each having a curved or circular ridge bearing tentacles; attach to stones or seaweed and reproduce by budding
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
polyzoan (comparative more polyzoan, superlative most polyzoan)
(zoology, obsolete) bryozoan
Noun
polyzoan (plural polyzoans)
(zoology, obsolete) A bryozoan.
Source: Wiktionary
Pol`y*zo"an, n. (Zoöl.) (a) Any species of Polyzoa; one of the Polyzoa. (b) A polyzoön.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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ALLERGIC
(adjective) having an allergy or peculiar or excessive susceptibility (especially to a specific factor); “allergic children”; “hypersensitive to pollen”
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