Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Pl. cocci (-sī). In botany: One of the separate divisions of a schizocarp, or dry lobed pericarp which splits up into one-seeded cells. Also called
coccule . - noun In certain Hepaticæ, the old spore mother-cell, whose walls persist after the maturity of the spores, holding them together.
- noun plural In bacteria, isolated spherical or nearly spherical cells, especially those of the genus Micrococcus, as distinguished from the rodlets or bacilli of other genera.
- noun [capitalized] The typical genus of the family Coccidæ, in which ordinary sexual reproduction takes place.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun (Bot.) One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit.
- noun (Zoöl.) A genus of hemipterous insects, including scale insects, and the cochineal insect (
Coccus cacti ). - noun (Biol.) A form of bacteria, shaped like a globule.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun any spherical or nearly spherical bacteria
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Examples
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(Coccus spp.) can build up rapidly and severely damage perennial stands.
Chapter 10 1996
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SHELLAC: Covering the twigs of trees in India and the Far East this is a resin secreted by the female lac-insects (Coccus lacca).
Chapter 6 1994
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Q. coccifera is used for feeding cochineal insects (Coccus ilicis).
Chapter 5 1994
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Kermes consists of the dried bodies of a small scale insect, _Coccus ilicis_, found principally on the ilex oak, in the South of Europe, and still used there.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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Scale of the Vine is = Pulvinaria = or = Coccus vitis =.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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The dried red bodies of an insect (_Coccus Cacti_) found in Mexico are named Cochineal.
Vegetable Dyes Being a Book of Recipes and Other Information Useful to the Dyer Ethel M. Mairet
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A near relative, a large brown = Coccus =, infests pomaceous trees, and is especially partial to the Pyracantha, which it often kills outright.
The Culture of Vegetables and Flowers From Seeds and Roots 16th Edition Sutton and Sons
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But while the Hymenoptera command our respect by an intellect that approaches the human, the Coccus tribe possesses only the lowest kind of instinct, and its females even pass the greater part of their lives in
Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various
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But I have tasted the honey-like secretion of an Australian lecanium living; on the leaves of Eucalyptus dumosus; and the manna mentioned in Scripture is considered the secretion of Coccus manniparus
Scientific American Supplement, No. 286, June 25, 1881 Various
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Many scholars have identified the Biblical manna with the juice exuded by a variety of Tamarix gallica (Tamarix mannifera) when it is pricked by an insect (Coccus manniparus), and known to the Arabs as mann es-sama, "gift of heaven" or "heavenly manna".
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 9: Laprade-Mass Liturgy 1840-1916 1913
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