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Coccus.

Coccus (plural cocci or coccuses) can be used to describe any bacterium that has a spherical shape. It is one of the three distinct types of bacteria shapes, the other two being bacillus (rod-shaped) and spirillum (spiral-shaped) cells. Coccus is an English loanword of aNeolatin noun, which in turn stems from the Greek masculine noun kokkos (κόκκος) meaning "berry"

The term 'coccus' is used in botany to denote a mericarp or 1-seeded segment of a schizocarp.

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