thallus
(noun) a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thalli
plural of thallus
• lithal
Source: Wiktionary
Thal"lus, n.; pl. Thalli. Etym: [NL., fr. Gr. (Bot.)
Definition: A solid mass of cellular tissue, consisting of one or more layers, usually in the form of a flat stratum or expansion, but sometimes erect or pendulous, and elongated and branching, and forming the substance of the thallogens.
Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition
23 January 2025
(adjective) being or located on or directed toward the side of the body to the west when facing north; “my left hand”; “left center field”; “the left bank of a river is bank on your left side when you are facing downstream”
The earliest credible evidence of coffee-drinking as the modern beverage appeared in modern-day Yemen. In the middle of the 15th century in Sufi shrines where coffee seeds were first roasted and brewed for drinking. The Yemenis procured the coffee beans from the Ethiopian Highlands.
