rare (now archaic) = star slime n. at star, n.1 compounds 7b(b).
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| 释义 | the world > plants > particular plants > algae > [noun] > nostoc > individual plant of (4) starn-slime?c1475 rare (now archaic) = star slime n. at star, n.1 compounds 7b(b). jellya1642 spec. Applied to the alga Nostoc, which appears as a jelly-like mass on dry soil after rain, and was popularly supposed to be the remains of a… fallen star1707 Also in plural. A gelatinous mass found on the ground or on vegetation (originally thought to be the remains of a falling star); spec. a… nostoc1852 A gelatinous mass consisting of filamentous colonies of cyanobacteria of the genus Nostoc, esp. N. commune, embedded in mucilage; (also) a… |
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