coccus
nounUS [ˈkʰɑkəs] · /ˈkɒ.kəs/
Etymology From New Latin, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).
1
Any approximately spherical bacterium.
2
One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.
- Derived terms
- -cocci, coccic, coccicidal, coccicide, coccoidal, coccous, -coccus, diplococcus, megacoccus, pentacoccous
- Related terms
- Oxycoccus