Definition of bacteroid

Overview of noun bacteroid

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1. bacteroid

(a rodlike bacterium (especially any of the rod-shaped or branched bacteria in the root nodules of nitrogen-fixing plants))

Overview of adj bacteroid

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1. bacteroidal, bacteroid, bacterioidal, bacterioid

(resembling bacteria)