In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
FURCATE
branch, ramify, fork, furcate, separate
(verb) divide into two or more branches so as to form a fork; “The road forks”
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Adjective
furcate (not comparable)
Forked, branched; divided at one end into parts.
Synonyms
• (forked, branched): cloven, forked
Verb
furcate (third-person singular simple present furcates, present participle furcating, simple past and past participle furcated)
To fork or branch out.
Anagrams
• facture
Source: Wiktionary
Fur"cate, Fur"ca*ted, a. Etym: [L. furca fork. See Fork.]
Definition: Forked; branching like a fork; as, furcate twigs.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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