"Gram-positive" meaning in English

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        "That stains dark blue or violet after Gram staining, due to large quantities of peptidoglycan in the cell wall."
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        "(bacteriology, of a bacterium) That stains dark blue or violet after Gram staining, due to large quantities of peptidoglycan in the cell wall."
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