FAMILY NOSTOCACEAE

 Dictionary entry overview: What does family Nostocaceae mean? 

• FAMILY NOSTOCACEAE (noun)
  The noun FAMILY NOSTOCACEAE has 1 sense:

1. blue-green algae

  Familiarity information: FAMILY NOSTOCACEAE used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• FAMILY NOSTOCACEAE (noun)

Meaning:

Blue-green algae

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Synonyms:

family Nostocaceae; Nostocaceae

Hypernyms ("family Nostocaceae" is a kind of...):

bacteria family (a family of bacteria)

Meronyms (members of "family Nostocaceae"):

genus Nostoc (type genus of the family Nostocaceae: freshwater blue-green algae)

Holonyms ("family Nostocaceae" is a member of...):

class Cyanobacteria; class Cyanophyceae; Cyanophyceae (photosynthetic bacteria found in fresh and salt water, having chlorophyll a and phycobilins; once thought to be algae: blue-green algae)