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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that form colonies composed of filaments of moniliform cells in a gelatinous sheath. countable, uncountable
2. 2
   found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies wordnet

Synonyms

All synonyms

cyanobacteria genus nostocgelatinous nostoc colonymucilaginous colonynitrogen fixing cyanobacterianostoc genus

Antonyms

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dry colonynon cyanobacterianon nitrogen fixing organisms

Etymology

From the genus name.