BACTEROID


Meaning of BACTEROID in English

/bak"teuh royd'/ , n.

1. any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants.

adj.

2. Also, bacteroidal . resembling bacteria.

Also, bacterioid .

[ 1850-55; BACTER- + -OID ]

Random House Webster's Unabridged English dictionary.      Полный английский словарь Вебстер - Random House .