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ERWINIA
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Dictionary entry overview: What does erwinia mean?
• ERWINIA (noun)
The noun ERWINIA has 1 sense:
1. rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants
Familiarity information: ERWINIA used as a noun is very rare.
Dictionary entry details
Sense 1
Meaning:
Rod-shaped motile bacteria that attack plants
Classified under:
Nouns denoting animals
Hypernyms ("erwinia" is a kind of...):
enteric bacteria; enterics; enterobacteria; entric (rod-shaped Gram-negative bacteria; most occur normally or pathogenically in intestines of humans and other animals)
Holonyms ("erwinia" is a member of...):
genus Erwinia (a genus of bacteria)
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