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NOSTOCACEAE
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I. (noun)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Blue-green algae
Synonyms:
family Nostocaceae; Nostocaceae
Classified under:
Hypernyms ("Nostocaceae" is a kind of...):
bacteria family (a family of bacteria)
Meronyms (members of "Nostocaceae"):
genus Nostoc (type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae)
Holonyms ("Nostocaceae" is a member of...):
class Cyanobacteria; class Cyanophyceae; Cyanophyceae (photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae)
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