Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
TRANSLUNARY
translunar, translunary, superlunar, superlunary
(adjective) unworldly or ethereal; “high translunary dreams”
translunar, translunary, superlunar, superlunary
(adjective) situated beyond the moon or its orbit around the earth; “who can imagine a translunary visitor in Times Square?”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
translunary (comparative more translunary, superlative most translunary)
Situated beyond or above the moon; superlunary.
Celestial, rather than earthly.
Ideal; visionary.
Source: Wiktionary
Trans"lu*na*ry, a. Etym: [Pref. trans- + L. luna moon.]
Definition: Being or lying beyond the moon; hence, ethereal; -- opposed to sublunary. [Obs.] Marlowe, bathed in the Thespian springs, Had in him those brave, translunary things That the first poets had. Drayton.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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SALTWORT
(noun) bushy plant of Old World salt marshes and sea beaches having prickly leaves; burned to produce a crude soda ash
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