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caffeine

noun
/ˈkæfiːn/

Etymology

Borrowed from French caféine, from café (“coffee”), or German Caffein, Kaffein (cp. Coffein, Koffein), from Kaffee (“coffee”) (cp. Kaffe, Koffee, Koffe), or Italian caffè (“coffee”) + -ine.

  1. borrowed from caffè — “coffee”
  2. borrowed from Caffein
  3. borrowed from caféine

Definitions

  1. An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild…

    An alkaloid, C₈H₁₀N₄O₂, found naturally in tea and coffee plants, which acts as a mild stimulant on the central nervous system.

    • For example, 0.100 grams of caffeine yield by combustion, by weight, 0.180 grammes of carbonic acid.
    • The US Food and Drug Administration defines this limit as anything more than 400 milligrams of caffeine daily for healthy adults. This is equivalent to four or five cups of coffee.

The neighborhood

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No curated loop yet for caffeine. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA