Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
RESUPINATE
Adjective
resupinate (comparative more resupinate, superlative most resupinate)
(botany) Having the appearance of being upside down
(medicine) Lying on the back, supine.
Verb
resupinate (third-person singular simple present resupinates, present participle resupinating, simple past and past participle resupinated)
To supinate; to turn on the back.
Anagrams
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Source: Wiktionary
Re*su"pi*nate, a. Etym: [L. resupinatus, p. p. of resupinare to bend back. See Resupine.]
Definition: Inverted in position; appearing to be upside down or reversed, as the flowers of the orchis and the leaves of some plants.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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