n.
Pronunciation: ˌ sü-d ə - ' m ō - ˌ nad, -n ə d
Function: noun
Etymology: New Latin Pseudomonad-, Pseudomonas
Date: 1921
: any of a genus ( Pseudomonas ) of gram-negative rod-shaped motile bacteria including some that produce a greenish fluorescent water-soluble pigment and some that are saprophytes or plant or animal pathogens