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Caffeine

A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid theine from tea leaves, and with guaranine from guarana.

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Alkaloid 76% connected

Alt. of Alkaloidal

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Guaranine 76% connected

An alkaloid extracted from guarana. Same as Caffeine.

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Theine 76% connected

See Caffeine. Called also theina.

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Coffee 70% connected

The "beans" or "berries" (pyrenes) obtained from the drupes of a small evergreen tree of the genus Coffea, growing in Abyssinia, Arabia, Persia, and…

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Java 70% connected

One of the islands of the Malay Archipelago belonging to the Netherlands.

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Tea 70% connected

The prepared leaves of a shrub, or small tree (Thea, / Camellia, Chinensis). The shrub is a native of China, but has been introduced to some extent i…

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