Definition of Nereocistis

Definition of Nereocistis

||Ne`re*o*cys"tis (?), n. [NL. See Nereid, and Cyst.] (Bot.) A genus of gigantic seaweeds.

&fist; Nereocystis Lutkeana, of the North Pacific, has a stem many fathoms long, terminating in a great vesicle, which is crowned with a tuft of long leaves. The stem is used by the Alaskans for fishing lines.

- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

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