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| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Theine \The"ine\, n. [F. th[82]ine, fr. NL. thea. See {Theiform}.] (Chem.) See {Caffeine}. Called also {theina}. | |
| From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) [web1913]: | |
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Caffeine \Caf*fe"ine\, n. [Cf. F. caf[82]ine. See {Coffee}.] (Chem.) A white, bitter, crystallizable substance, obtained from coffee. It is identical with the alkaloid {theine} from tea leaves, and with {guaranine} from guarana. | |
