GYNANDRIA

Gy*nan"dri*a, n. pl. Etym: [NL. See Gynandrian.] (Bot.)

Definition: A class of plants in the Linnaean system, whose stamens grow out of, or are united with, the pistil.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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7 June 2025

PARSEC

(noun) a unit of astronomical length based on the distance from Earth at which stellar parallax is 1 second of arc; equivalent to 3.262 light years


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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