In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
HOGNUT
Etymology
Noun
hognut (plural hognuts)
(US) The pignut or hickory (Carya glabra of family Juglandaceae).
(UK) Conopodium majus, a tuberous plant of the Apiaceae.
Bunium bulbocastanum (black cumin) of the Apiaceae.
Certain rushpea, particularly Hoffmannseggia glauca (syn. Hoffmannseggia densiflora) Indian rushpea, of the Fabaceae.
Hyptis suaveolens of the Lamiaceae.
Anagrams
• hotgun, hutong, nought
Source: Wiktionary
Hog"nut`, n. (Bot.) (a) The pignut. See Hickory. (b) In England, the Bunium flexuosum, a tuberous plant.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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