In 1884, Angelo Moriondo of Turin, Italy, demonstrated the first working example of an espresso machine.
XYRIS
Xyris, genus Xyris
(noun) chiefly American marsh plants, having usually yellow flowers
Source: WordNet® 3.1
Xy"ris, n. Etym: [L., a kind of Iris, Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A genus of endogenous herbs with grassy leaves and small yellow flowers in short, scaly-bracted spikes; yellow-eyed grass. There are about seventeen species in the Atlantic United States.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
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