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Erwinia

[ ur-win-ee-uh ]

noun

, Bacteriology.
  1. a genus of rod-shaped bacteria that are pathogenic for plants.


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Word History and Origins

Origin of Erwinia1

< New Latin; named after Erwin F. Smith (1854–1927), American pathologist; -ia

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