In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
SUNDROPS
sundrops, Oenothera fruticosa
(noun) a day-flowering biennial or perennial of the genus Oenothera
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Etymology
Noun
sundrops (uncountable)
evening primrose
Source: Wiktionary
Sun"drops`, n. [Sun + drop.] (Bot.)
Definition: Any one of the several species of Kneiffia, esp. K. fruticosa (syn. Onothera fruticosa), of the Evening-primrose family, having flowers that open by daylight.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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DIRECTIONALITY
(noun) the property of being directional or maintaining a direction; “the directionality of written English is from left to right”
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