coccus
- Any approximately spherical bacterium.
- One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
Pronounced as (IPA)
[ˈkʰɑkəs]
Etymology
From New Latin, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
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