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Rhizobiaceae

noun

a small family of rod-shaped bacteria

• Syn: ↑family Rhizobiaceae

• Hypernyms: ↑bacteria family

• Member Holonyms: ↑Eubacteriales, ↑order Eubacteriales

• Member Meronyms: ↑Rhizobium, ↑genus Rhizobium, ↑Agrobacterium, ↑genus Agrobacterium

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\(ˌ)rīˌzōbēˈāsēˌē\ noun plural

Usage: capitalized

Etymology: New Latin, from Rhizobium, type genus + -aceae

: a small family of rod-shaped or irregular usually flagellated and gram-negative aerobic bacteria (order Eubacteriales) that includes saprophytes, important nitrogen-fixing symbionts of plants, and some plant pathogens — see agrobacterium, rhizobium

Useful english dictionary. 2012.