nostoc

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Noun

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.

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Synonyms

gunnera hair fat sp commune nostocalean heterocyst heterocyte nectostem necridia nitrophile cyanomorph anabaena cyanobacterium cyanoprokaryote cyanophyte

Rhymes

caustic gnostic agnostic diagnostic lacrosse stick joss stick lunar caustic bostic cross stick cross stuck

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