Heterocyst
Pronunciation : Het"er*o*cyst
Part of Speech : n.
Etymology : [Hetero- + cyst.] (Bot.)
Definition : Defn: A cell larger than the others, and of different appearance, occurring in certain alg? related to nostoc.
Source : Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913
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