coccus

coccus is a 6-letter English word with 4 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. Face value is 12 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

6 letters · Scrabble 12 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

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

   Synonyms: cocci

Synonyms

cocci

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