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NOSTOC
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("nostoc" is a kind of...):
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)
Holonyms ("nostoc" is a member of...):
genus Nostoc (type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae)
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