The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
glochidium, glochid
(noun) a barbed spine or bristle (often tufted on cacti)
Source: WordNet® 3.1
glochidia
plural of glochidium
Source: Wiktionary
Glo*chid"i*um, n.; pl. Glochidia. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Zoöl.)
Definition: The larva or young of the mussel, formerly thought to be a parasite upon the parent's gills.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
10 January 2025
(noun) the act of combining one thing at intervals among other things; “the interspersion of illustrations in the text”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.