In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
BULBS
Noun
bulbs
plural of bulb
Verb
bulbs
Third-person singular simple present indicative form of bulb
Anagrams
• blubs
Source: Wiktionary
BULB
Bulb, n. Etym: [L. bulbus, Gr. bulbe.]
1. (Bot.)
Definition: A spheroidal body growing from a plant either above or below the ground (usually below), which is strictly a bud, consisting of a cluster of partially developed leaves, and producing, as it grows, a stem above, and roots below, as in the onion, tulip, etc. It differs from a corm in not being solid.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A name given to some parts that resemble in shape certain bulbous roots; as, the bulb of the aorta. Bulb of the eye, the eyeball.
– Bulb of a hair, the "root," or part whence the hair originates.
– Bulb of the spinal cord, the medulla oblongata, often called simply bulb.
– Bulb of a tooth, the vascular and nervous papilla contained in the cavity of the tooth.
3. An expansion or protuberance on a stem or tube, as the bulb of a thermometer, which may be of any form, as spherical, cylindrical, curved, etc. Tomlinson.
Bulb, v. i.
Definition: To take the shape of a bulb; to swell.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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