Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TETRA
tetra
(noun) brightly colored tropical freshwater fishes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
tetra (plural tetras)
Any of numerous species of small South American freshwater fish of the family Characidae, popular in home aquariums.
Anagrams
• Ratte, Treat, atter, ratte, tater, teart, treat
Source: Wiktionary
Tet"ra-. Etym: [Gr. Four.]
1. A combining form or prefix signifying four, as in tetrabasic, tetrapetalous.
2. (Chem.)
Definition: A combining form (also used adjectively) denoting four proportional or combining parts of the substance or ingredient denoted by the term to which it is prefixed, as in tetra-chloride, tetroxide.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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POLYGENIC
(adjective) of or relating to an inheritable character that is controlled by several genes at once; of or related to or determined by polygenes
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