Word | Noun | Adjective | Verb | Adverb |
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bacterium | Yes | No | No | No |
superbug | Yes | No | No | No |
bacterium (noun) | superbug (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 strain of bacteria that is resistant to all antibiotics |
a strain of pest accidentally imported into Florida from the Middle East then spread to California where it is a very serious pest feeding on almost all vegetable crops and poinsettias |