nos·toc (n s tk )n. A freshwater blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, forming spherical colonies of filaments embedded in a gelatinous substance. [New Latin, coined by Paracelsus.] |
nostoc [ˈnɒstɒk]
n
(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Microbiology) any cyanobacterium of the genus Nostoc, occurring in moist places as rounded colonies consisting of coiled filaments in a gelatinous substance
[New Latin, coined by Paracelsus]
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| Noun | 1. | 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 genus Nostoc - type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae |
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