See Also: microalgae(medicine)

tombstone (iou) and microalgae (medicine)


tombstone (iou)



tombstone noun. M16.
[from TOMB noun + STONE noun.]
Orig., (the cover of) a stone coffin. Later, a horizontal stone covering a grave. Now, any monument placed as a memorial over a person's grave; esp. a gravestone. M16.
slang.
a. A pawn-ticket. L19.
b. A projecting tooth, esp. a discoloured one. E20.
Commerce. An advertisement listing the underwriters or firms associated with a new share issue etc. Freq. attrib. M20.

microalgae (medicine)


microalgae
Unicellular, photosynthetic aquatic plants.