Definition of nostocs Nostocs
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What does nostocs mean?
Part of speech
🔤- nostocs, noun, plural of nostoc.
WordNet
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| nostoc - found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies | ||
| blue-green algae, cyanobacteria predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton | ||
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Wiktionary 
- nostoc (Noun)
 Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath.
Webster DictionaryWebster's Unabridged Dictionary 📘
- nostoc (n.)
A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.
Chambers DictionaryChamber's 20th Century Dictionary 📕
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nostoc
nos′tok, n. a genus of Algæ, found in moist places.—Also Witches' butter, Spittle of the stars, Star-jelly, &c. [Ger. nostoch.]
Part of speech
🔤- nostoc, noun, singular of nostocs.
