XANTHOMONAD

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 Dictionary entry overview: What does xanthomonad mean? 

• XANTHOMONAD (noun)
  The noun XANTHOMONAD has 1 sense:

1. bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants

  Familiarity information: XANTHOMONAD used as a noun is very rare.

 Dictionary entry details 

• XANTHOMONAD (noun)

Sense 1

Meaning:

Bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants

Classified under:

Nouns denoting animals

Hypernyms ("xanthomonad" is a kind of...):

eubacteria; eubacterium; true bacteria (a large group of bacteria having rigid cell walls; motile types have flagella)

Holonyms ("xanthomonad" is a member of...):

genus Xanthomonas; Xanthomonas (a genus of bacteria similar to Pseudomonas but producing a yellow pigment that is not soluble in water)