nostoc

See also: Nostoc

English

Nostoc commune

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

nostoc (countable and uncountable, plural nostocs)

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.

Translations

genus of cyanobacteria

Catalan: nòstoc m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 葛仙米 (zh) (géxiānmǐ)
Finnish: nostoc
Russian: носто́к (ru) m (nostók)

See also

star jelly

Anagrams

Contos, Coston, contos, oncost

French

Noun

nostoc m (plural nostocs)

nostoc

Further reading

“nostoc”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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