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

The most important things are the hardest things to say. They are the things you get ashamed of because words diminish your feelings - words shrink things that seem timeless when they are in your head to no more than living size when they are brought out.
Stephen King