HETEROCYST


Meaning of HETEROCYST in English

/het"euhr euh sist'/ , n. Bacteriol.

one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.

[ 1870-75; HETERO- + CYST ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .