Crossword-Solution: NOSTOC
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| Word | Word Type | Definition |
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| Nostoc | n. | A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance. |
Anagrams
| Word | Anagrams | |
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| NOSTOC | anagram | NOCOST, ONCOST |
We have 8 clues for the answer “NOSTOC”
| Clue | Answers |
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| Freshwater alga | 1 answer |
| Genus of alga. | 1 answer |
| Genus of algae. | 1 answer |
| Genus of blue-green algae. | 1 answer |
| PLANT algae (genus) | 1 answer |
| type of bacterium occurring in moist places | 1 answer |
| Freshwater algae | 2 answers |
| alga | 14 answers |
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Hint 1 meaning
One who, or that which, eats.
Hint 2 anagram
EREAT
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greedy person
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Sentences with NOSTOC (5)
Thomson as floating, without any attachment, in the shallow water of the pools scattered over the plains, on the Parang River, separated only by a ridge of mountains from Piti, broad and foliaceous, and scarcely different from the common _Nostoc,_ which occurs in all parts of the globe.
Thomson as floating, without any attachment, in the shallow water of the pools scattered over the plains, on the Parang River, separated only by a ridge of mountains from Piti, broad and foliaceous, and scarcely different from the common _ Nostoc,_ which occurs in all parts of the globe.
Colonies of _Nostoc_ are constantly found living in some of the mucilage slits which then become enlarged.
Now, I can't say that nostoc is always greenish, any more than I can say that blackbirds are always black, having seen a white one: we shall quote a scientist who knew of flesh-colored nostoc, when so to know was convenient.
The Kentucky 'wonder' is no more or less than nostoc." Or that it had not fallen; that it had been upon the ground in the first place, and had swollen in rain, and, attracting attention by greatly increased volume, had been supposed by unscientific observers to have fallen in rain-- What rain, I don't know.
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Appears in: NYT.
Used 4 times in crossword archives (1948–1989).