süˌdämənəˈdāsēˌē, ˌsüdəˌmänəˈd- noun plural
Usage: capitalized
Etymology: New Latin, from Pseudomonad-, Pseudomonas, type genus + -aceae
: a large family of rod-shaped or somewhat spiral usually aerobic and gram-negative bacteria (order Pseudomonadales) that do not form endospores, are commonly motile by polar flagella, and include saprophytes in soil and water and important plant and animal pathogens — see pseudomonas , xanthomonas