thallus
(noun) a plant body without true stems or roots or leaves or vascular system; characteristic of the thallophytes
Source: WordNet® 3.1
thallus (plural thalli)
(botany) An undifferentiated plant body, such as in algae.
(botany) Any plant body lacking vascular tissue.
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
6 February 2025
(verb) make (substances) hard and improve their usability; “cure resin”; “cure cement”; “cure soap”
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.
