In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
RHIZOME
rhizome, rootstock, rootstalk
(noun) a horizontal plant stem with shoots above and roots below serving as a reproductive structure
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
rhizome (plural rhizomes)
(botany) A horizontal, underground stem of some plants that sends out roots and shoots from its nodes.
(philosophy) A so-called "image of thought" that apprehends multiplicities. See Rhizome (philosophy).
Source: Wiktionary
Rhi*zome", n. Etym: [Gr. rhizome.] (Bot.)
Definition: A rootstock. See Rootstock.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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