Heterocyst Definition

hĕtər-ə-sĭst
noun
A large, thick-walled, nitrogen-fixing cell that occurs at intervals along the filaments of certain cyanobacteria.
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Noun

Singular:
heterocyst
Plural:
heterocysts

Origin of Heterocyst

  • hetero- +"Ž cyst

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