Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bacteria | Yes | No | No | No |
bacteroid | Yes | Yes | No | No |
bacteria (noun) | bacteroid (noun) |
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(microbiology) single-celled or noncellular spherical or spiral or rod-shaped organisms lacking chlorophyll that reproduce by fission; important as pathogens and for biochemical properties; taxonomy is difficult; often considered to be plants | a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants) |
bacteria (adjective) | bacteroid (adjective) |
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resembling bacteria |