In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
HORMOGONIUM
Noun
hormogonium (plural hormogonia)
(biology) A small, motile filament, formed by some cyanobacteria, that detaches and grows by cell division into a new filament
Source: Wiktionary
Hor`mo*go*ni"um, n. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A chain of small cells in certain algæ, by which the plant is propogated.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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CATCH
(verb) grasp with the mind or develop an understanding of; “did you catch that allusion?”; “We caught something of his theory in the lecture”; “don’t catch your meaning”; “did you get it?”; “She didn’t get the joke”; “I just don’t get him”
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