fīˈtämənəs, -ˌnas noun
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from phyt- + -monas
1. : a genus of flagellates (family Trypanosomatidae) that are morphologically similar to members of the genus Leptomonas but alternate between a hemipterous insect and a latex plant as hosts
2.
[New Latin, from phyt- + -monas ]
in some especially former classifications : a large genus of plant-pathogenic bacteria (family Pseudomonadaceae) the members of which are now usually divided between the genera Pseudomonas and Xanthomonas