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nostoc

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CIDE DICTIONARY

nostocprop. n. [F.].
     A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.  [1913 Webster]
    " Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, which was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and star jelly. Also called witches' butter."  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

nostoc, n. any gelatinous blue-green unicellular alga of the genus Nostoc, that can fix nitrogen from the atmosphere.

Etymology
name invented by Paracelsus

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