Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SCLEROBASE
Scler"o*base ( or ), n. Etym: [Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The calcareous or hornlike coral forming the central stem or axis of most compound alcyonarians; -- called also foot secretion. See Illust. under Gorgoniacea, and Coenenchyma.
– Scler`o*ba"sic, a.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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