English Explanatory Dictionary

osteocolla

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. A kind of glue obtained from bones.
  2. A cellular calc tufa, found as incrustations on plant stems, once believed to have the power to unite fractured bones.

Word forms

osteocolla

Etymology

From osteo- + Ancient Greek κόλλα (kólla, “glue”).

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