1. Noun
One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
2. Noun
A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (Coccus cacti).
3. Noun
A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
4. Noun
any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
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