Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TOURBILLION
Etymology
Noun
tourbillion (plural tourbillions)
(archaic) An ornamental firework that turns round in the air so as to form a scroll of fire.
Source: Wiktionary
Tour*bil"lion, n. Etym: [F. torbillion a whirlwind, tourbillion, fr. L. turbo, -inis, a whirl, whirlwind.]
Definition: An ornamental firework which turns round, when in the air, so as to form a scroll of fire. G. Francis.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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