Decaffeinated coffee comes from a chemical process that takes out caffeine from the beans. Pharmaceutical and soda companies buy the extracted caffeine.
XYLOTOMOUS
Etymology
Adjective
xylotomous (not comparable)
That bores or cuts into wood, as with certain insects.
Source: Wiktionary
Xy*lot"o*mous, a. [Pref. xylo-+ root of Gr. to cut.] (Zoöl.)
Definition: Capable of boring or cutting wood; -- said of many insects.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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FISSILE
(adjective) capable of being split or cleft or divided in the direction of the grain; “fissile crystals”; “fissile wood”
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