Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SCHORL
schorl
(noun) black tourmaline
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
schorl (countable and uncountable, plural schorls)
(mineralogy) The most common variety of tourmaline.
Source: Wiktionary
Schorl (shôrl), n. Etym: [G. schörl; cf. Sw. skörl.] (Min.)
Definition: Black tourmaline. [Written also shorl.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
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