In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
URTICA
Urtica, genus Urtica
(noun) a nettle yielding fiber resembling flax
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Ur*ti"ca, n. Etym: [L., a nettle.] (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of plants including the common nettles. See Nettle, n.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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HEEDLESS
(adjective) marked by or paying little heed or attention; “We have always known that heedless self-interest was bad morals; we know now that it is bad economics”--Franklin D. Roosevelt; “heedless of danger”; “heedless of the child’s crying”
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