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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.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: countable, uncountable
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noun
found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: cyanobacteria, blue-green algae
History
From the genus name.
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