Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
PUTREFACTIVE
putrefactive, putrefacient
(adjective) causing or promoting bacterial putrefaction
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
putrefactive (comparative more putrefactive, superlative most putrefactive)
Of, pertaining to, or causing putrefaction.
Source: Wiktionary
Pu`tre*fac"tive, a. Etym: [Cf. putréfactif. See Putrefy.]
1. Of or pertaining to putrefaction; as, the putrefactive smell or process. Wiseman.
2. Causing, or tending to promote, putrefaction.
– Pu``tre*fac"tive*ness, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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