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Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   Any of the genus Xanthomonas of proteobacteria.
2. 2
   bacteria producing yellow non-water-soluble pigments; some pathogenic for plants wordnet

Etymology

From xantho- + monad, from Latin monas (“one, unity”).

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