Associations to the word «Nostoc»

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.

Dictionary definition

NOSTOC, noun. Found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies.

Wise words

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