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nostoc

nostoc noun: 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.

nostoc: any member of the genus Nostoc of cyanobacteria, found in a variety of environmental niches, that...
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Noun

nostoc (countable and uncountable, plural nostocs)

  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.

nostoc meaning in Tamil

nostoc in Tamil

பசுநீலப் பாசித் திரள்

Forms of nostoc

pluralnostocs

Origin of nostoc

From the genus name.

Questions about nostoc

What does nostoc mean?
Nostoc means 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.
What is nostoc in Tamil?
Nostoc in Tamil is பசுநீலப் பாசித் திரள். See Nostoc meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is nostoc?
Nostoc is a noun.
What is the plural of nostoc?
The plural of nostoc is nostocs.

Words near nostoc in the dictionary

  1. Nostell
  2. nostepinde
  3. nostepindes
  4. nostepinne
  5. nostepinnes
  6. nostoc
  7. nostocaceous
  8. nostocalean
  9. nostocaleans
  10. nostoceratid
  11. nostoceratids

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Adapted from Wiktionary: nostoc (page history and authors); nostoc (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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