1) Blue-green algae 2) Cyanobacteria 3) Fresh-water algae 4) Freshwater alga 5) Genus of blue-green algae
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• (n.) A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance. • (n.) A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.
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genus of blue-green algae with cells arranged in beadlike chains that are grouped together in a gelatinous mass. Ranging from microscopic to ... [1 related articles]
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<botany> A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance. ... Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, whish was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and st...
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Nos'toc noun [ French]
(Botany) A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance. »
Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, whish was formerly su...
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n] - found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies
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noun found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies
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any freshwater, blue-green alga of the genus Nostoc, often occurring in jellylike colonies in moist places.
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