Word.ws English Dictionary

rhizobium

rhizobium noun: any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen.

Noun

rhizobium (plural rhizobia)

  1. Any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen.
  2. (broadly) Any diazotrophic bacterium that can fix nitrogen and form root nodules in legumes.

rhizobium meaning in Tamil

rhizobium in Tamil

வோமுடிச்சு நுண்ணுயிர்

Forms of rhizobium

pluralrhizobia

Plural of rhizobium: rhizobia

Origin of rhizobium

From the genus name.

Questions about rhizobium

What does rhizobium mean?
Rhizobium means any of various bacteria, of the genus Rhizobium, that form nodules on the roots of legumes and fix nitrogen.
What is rhizobium in Tamil?
Rhizobium in Tamil is வோமுடிச்சு நுண்ணுயிர். See Rhizobium meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is rhizobium?
Rhizobium is a noun.
What is the plural of rhizobium?
The plural of rhizobium is rhizobia.

Words near rhizobium in the dictionary

  1. rhizobiome
  2. rhizobiomes
  3. rhizobiotoxin
  4. rhizobiotoxine
  5. rhizobitoxine
  6. rhizobium
  7. rhizobox
  8. rhizoboxes
  9. rhizocarpean
  10. rhizocarpic
  11. rhizocarpic acid

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: rhizobium (page history and authors); rhizobium (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “rhizobium.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/rhizobium. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.