In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BELLFLOWERS
Noun
bellflowers
plural of bellflower
Source: Wiktionary
BELLFLOWER
Bell"flow`er, n. (Bot.)
Definition: A plant of the genus Campanula; -- so named from its bell- shaped flowers.
Bell"flow`er, n. Etym: [F. bellefleur, lit., beautiful flower.]
Definition: A kind of apple. The yellow bellflower is a large, yellow winter apple. [Written also bellefleur.]
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
Recent Word Finds
Word of the Day
21 June 2025
SUFFOCATION
(noun) the condition of being deprived of oxygen (as by having breathing stopped); “asphyxiation is sometimes used as a form of torture”
Coffee Trivia
