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nostoc(dictionary)
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bye 2, noun (oh) and nostoc (medicine)


bye 2, noun (oh)



2 S3 n [C]
[Date: 1800-1900; Origin: by]
a situation in a Sports competition in which a player or a team does not have an opponent to play against and continues to the next part of the competition

nostoc (medicine)


nostoc
<botany> A genus of algae. The plants are composed of moniliform cells imbedded in a gelatinous substance.

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.

Origin: F.

Source: Websters Dictionary