Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of noun nostoc

1 sense of nostoc

Sense 1
nostoc -- (found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies)
       => cyanobacteria, blue-green algae -- (predominantly photosynthetic prokaryotic organisms containing a blue pigment in addition to chlorophyll; occur singly or in colonies in diverse habitats; important as phytoplankton)