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Nostoc

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WORDNET DICTIONARY

Noun Nostoc has 1 sense

nostoc(n = noun.animal) Array - found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies; Array

blue-green algae

is a member of genus nostoc

CIDE DICTIONARY

Nostoc, prop. n. [F.].

A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance. [1913 Webster]

" Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, which was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and star jelly. Also called witches' butter." [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

Nostoc, n. any gelatinous blue-green unicellular alga of the genus Nostoc, that can fix nitrogen from the atmosphere.

Etymology

name invented by Paracelsus

For further exploring for "Nostoc" in Webster Dictionary Online

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