ˌnästəˈkāsēˌē noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Nostoc, type genus + -aceae
: a family of minute freshwater blue-green algae (order Hormogonales) consisting of moniliform filaments and reproducing by hormogonia — see anabaena
• nos·to·ca·ceous | ̷ ̷ ̷ ̷|kāshəs adjective