PODOSPERM

Pod"o*sperm, n. Etym: [Podo- + Gr. podosperme.] (Bot.)

Definition: The stalk of a seed or ovule.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition



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Word of the Day

17 June 2025

RECREANT

(adjective) having deserted a cause or principle; “some provinces had proved recreant”; “renegade supporters of the usurper”


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Coffee Trivia

In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.

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