"nostoc" meaning in English

{
  "etymology_text": "From the genus name.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nostocs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "nostoc (countable and uncountable, plural nostocs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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        },
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          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Catalan translations",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Finnish translations",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Terms with Russian translations",
          "parents": [],
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        },
        {
          "kind": "lifeform",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Blue-green algae",
          "orig": "en:Blue-green algae",
          "parents": [
            "Algae",
            "Bacteria",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
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        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "id": "en-nostoc-en-noun-PPKk5EHN",
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Nostoc",
          "Nostoc#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "cyanobacteria",
          "cyanobacteria"
        ],
        [
          "moniliform",
          "moniliform"
        ],
        [
          "gelatinous",
          "gelatinous"
        ],
        [
          "sheath",
          "sheath"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "star jelly"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "translations": [
        {
          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "genus of cyanobacteria",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "nòstoc"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "géxiānmǐ",
          "sense": "genus of cyanobacteria",
          "word": "葛仙米"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "genus of cyanobacteria",
          "word": "nostoc"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "nostók",
          "sense": "genus of cyanobacteria",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "носто́к"
        }
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "nostoc"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "nostoc"
}

{
  "etymology_text": "From the genus name.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "nostocs",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "star jelly"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English countable nouns",
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English nouns",
        "English uncountable nouns",
        "Entries with translation boxes",
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        "Terms with Catalan translations",
        "Terms with Finnish translations",
        "Terms with Mandarin translations",
        "Terms with Russian translations",
        "en:Blue-green algae"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "genus",
          "genus"
        ],
        [
          "Nostoc",
          "Nostoc#Translingual"
        ],
        [
          "cyanobacteria",
          "cyanobacteria"
        ],
        [
          "moniliform",
          "moniliform"
        ],
        [
          "gelatinous",
          "gelatinous"
        ],
        [
          "sheath",
          "sheath"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "countable",
        "uncountable"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "nostoc"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "genus of cyanobacteria",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "nòstoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "géxiānmǐ",
      "sense": "genus of cyanobacteria",
      "word": "葛仙米"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "genus of cyanobacteria",
      "word": "nostoc"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "nostók",
      "sense": "genus of cyanobacteria",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "носто́к"
    }
  ],
  "word": "nostoc"
}