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osteocolla

osteocolla \os`te*o*col"la\, n. [Osteo- + Gr. ? glue.]

  1. A kind of glue obtained from bones.
    --Ure.

  2. A cellular calc tufa, which in some places forms incrustations on the stems of plants, -- formerly supposed to have the quality of uniting fractured bones.

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osteocolla

n. 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.