coccus

From New Latin, from Latin coccum, from Ancient Greek κόκκος (kókkos, “grain, seed”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈkʰɑkəs]

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coccus (plural cocci)

1. Any approximately spherical bacterium.
2. One of the carpels or seed-vessels of a dry fruit.

• Oxycoccus