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From: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)

 Ne·re·o·cys·tis prop. n.  Bot. A genus of gigantic seaweeds.
 Note: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.