In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
PAPPOSE
pappose
(adjective) (of plants such as dandelions and thistles) having pappi or tufts of featherlike hairs or delicate bristles
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Adjective
pappose (comparative more pappose, superlative most pappose)
(botany) Furnished with a pappus; downy.
Source: Wiktionary
Pap*pose" a. (Bot.)
Definition: Furnished with a pappus; downy.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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UNINFORMATIVELY
(adverb) in an uninformative manner; “‘I can’t tell you when the manager will arrive,’ he said rather uninformatively”
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