Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
UTRICLES
Noun
utricles
plural of utricle
Anagrams
• curliest, rusticle
Source: Wiktionary
UTRICLE
U"tri*cle, n. Etym: [L. utriculus a little womb, a calycle, dim. of uter, utris, a bag or bottle made of an animal's hide: cf. F. utricule.]
1. A little sac or vesicle, as the air cell of fucus, or seaweed.
2. (Physiol.)
Definition: A microscopic cell in the structure of an egg, animal, or plant.
3. (Bot.)
Definition: A small, thin-walled, one-seeded fruit, as of goosefoot. Gray.
4. (Anat.)
Definition: A utriculus.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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