"rhizobium" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: rhizobia [plural]
Etymology: From the genus name. Head templates: {{en-noun|rhizobia}} rhizobium (plural rhizobia)
  1. (biology) Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen. Categories (topical): Biology Translations (bacterium of the genus Rhizobium): Rhizobium-bakteeri (Finnish), bakterioryza [feminine] (Polish)
    Sense id: en-rhizobium-en-noun-20MiZxlo Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with Polish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 59 41 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 62 38 Topics: biology, natural-sciences Disambiguation of 'bacterium of the genus Rhizobium': 93 7
  2. (biology, by extension) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes. Tags: broadly Categories (topical): Biology
    Sense id: en-rhizobium-en-noun-uG48wzfH Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 46 54 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 53 47 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 55 45 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 53 47 Topics: biology, natural-sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: nitrogen fixer

Inflected forms

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