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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

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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