In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
LIGULES
Noun
ligules
plural of ligule
Anagrams
• gullies
Source: Wiktionary
LIGULE
Lig"ule, n. Etym: [L.ligula, little tongue, dim of lingua tongue : cf. F. ligule.]
1. (Bot.) (a) The thin and scarious projection from the upper end of the sheath of leaf of grass. (b) A strap-shaped corolla of flowers of Compositæ.
2. (Anat.)
Definition: A band of white matter in the wall of fourth ventricle of the brain.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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