In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
knapweed
(noun) any of various plants of the genus Centaurea having purple thistlelike flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
knapweed (countable and uncountable, plural knapweeds)
Any of various common weeds of the genus Centaurea
especially Centaurea nigra.
Source: Wiktionary
Knap"weed`, n. (Bot.)
Definition: The black centaury (Centaurea nigra); -- so called from the knoblike heads of flowers. Called also bullweed.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
17 March 2025
(noun) magnet made of a substance whose magnetization is proportional to the strength of the magnetic field applied to it
In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.