The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.
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
12 May 2024
(verb) summon to return; “The ambassador was recalled to his country”; “The company called back many of the workers it had laid off during the recession”
The New York Stock Exchange started out as a coffee house.