In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
babassu, babassu palm, coco de macao, Orbignya phalerata, Orbignya spesiosa, Orbignya martiana
(noun) tall feather palm of northern Brazil with hard-shelled nuts yielding valuable oil and a kind of vegetable ivory
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babassu (plural babassus)
A tall Brazilian feather palm, Attalea speciosa, having hard-shelled nuts that yield an edible oil.
• coco de macao
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22 November 2024
(noun) (nautical) a line (rope or chain) that regulates the angle at which a sail is set in relation to the wind
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.