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nostoc

nos·toc [ nó stòk ] (plural nos·tocs)


noun 
Definition:
 
freshwater blue-green alga: a freshwater microorganism that lives in spherical colonies as coiled filaments and fixes atmospheric nitrogen. Genus Nostoc.

[Mid-17th century. < modern Latin, invented]
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