Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SPHINGIDS
Noun
sphingids
plural of sphingid
Source: Wiktionary
SPHINGID
Sphin"gid, n. (Zoöl.)
Definition: A sphinx.
Sphin"gid, a.
Definition: Of or pertaining to a sphinx, or the family Sphingidæ.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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