Associations to the word «Listeria»

Wiktionary

LISTERIA, noun. Any rod-shaped, gram-positive bacterium, of the genus Listeria, especially those responsible for listeriosis
LISTERIA, proper noun. A taxonomic genus within the family Listeriaceae   — the listeria bacteria.

Dictionary definition

LISTERIA, noun. Any species of the genus Listeria.

Wise words

Words are always getting conventionalized to some secondary meaning. It is one of the works of poetry to take the truants in custody and bring them back to their right senses.
William Butler Yeats