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nos·toc (näs′täk′)

noun

any of a genus (Nostoc) of blue-green algae, having twisted, coiled filaments embedded in a gelatinous material and forming spherical colonies

Etymology: ModL, coined by Philippus Aureolus Paracelsus

Browse dictionary entries near nostoc

  1. ‹ nostalgist
  2. ‹ nostalgie de la boue
  3. ‹ nostalgic
  4. ‹ nostalgia
  5. ‹ nosology
  6. ‹ nosography
  7. ‹ nosocomial
  8. ‹ noso-
  9. ‹ nosing
  10. ‹ nosh
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