Definitions for heterocyst
heterocyst
het·er·o·cyst
Spelling: [het-er-uh-sist]
IPA: /ˈhɛt ər əˌsɪst/
Heterocyst is a 10 letter English word.
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You can make 532 anagrams from letters in heterocyst (ceehorstty).
Definitions for heterocyst
noun
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one of the enlarged nitrogen-fixing cells occurring along the filaments in some blue-green algae.
Origin of heterocyst
First recorded in 1870-75; hetero- + cyst