Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PRUSSIATE
Noun
prussiate (plural prussiates)
(chemistry, obsolete) A ferricyanide, ferrocyanide or cyanide.
Anagrams
• Pusateris, epitarsus, upraisest
Source: Wiktionary
Prus"si*ate, n. Etym: [Cf. F. prussiate.] (Chem.)
Definition: A salt of prussic acid; a cyanide. Red prussiate of potash. See Potassium ferricyanide, under Ferricyanide. Yellow prussiate of potash. See Potassium ferrocyanide, under Ferrocyanide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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