Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
SUPERFETATIONS
Noun
superfetations
plural of superfetation
Source: Wiktionary
SUPERFETATION
Su`per*fe*ta"tion, n. Etym: [Cf. F. superfétation.] (Physiol.)
Definition: The formation of a fetus at the result of an impregnation occurring after another impregnation but before the birth of the offspring produced by it. This is possible only when there is a double uterus, or where menstruation persists up to the time of the second impregnation. In then became a superfetation upon, and not an ingredient in, the national character. Coleridge.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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