NOSTOC

nostoc

(noun) found in moist places as rounded jellylike colonies

Source: WordNet® 3.1

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.

Anagrams

• Coston, contos, oncost

Source: Wiktionary

Nos"toc, n. Etym: [F.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of algæ. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.

Note: Nostoc commune is found on the ground, and is ordinarily not seen; but after a rain it swells up into a conspicuous jellylike mass, whish was formerly supposed to have fallen from the sky, whence the popular names, fallen star and star jelly. Also called witches' butter.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition

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