NOSTOC

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

Found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("nostoc" is a kind of...):

blue-green algae; cyanobacteria (predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton)

Holonyms ("nostoc" is a member of...):

genus Nostoc (type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae)

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