In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
CYPERACEOUS
Etymology
Adjective
cyperaceous (not comparable)
(botany) Of or pertaining to the Cyperaceae, or sedges.
Source: Wiktionary
Cyp`er*a"ceous (sp`r-"shs or s`pr-), a. (Bot.)
Definition: Of, pertaining to, or resembling, a large family of plants of which the sedge is the type.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNAMBIGUOUS
(adjective) having or exhibiting a single clearly defined meaning; “As a horror, apartheid...is absolutely unambiguous”- Mario Vargas Llosa
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