desert glue

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desert glue (uncountable)

  1. (informal) A glue-like crust formed by cyanobacteria on desert sand.
    • [2021, Jaco J. Hamman, Just Traveling: God, Leaving Home, and a Spirituality for the Road, Fortress Press, →ISBN, page 68:
      Cryptobiotic crusts, also called desert glue, are cyanobacteria that grow hidden on the surface of the desert sand. The cyanobacteria grow filaments that are surrounded by a sticky gel-like sheath.]
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