Salmonella
WordNet
noun
(1) Rod-shaped Gram-negative enterobacteria; cause typhoid fever and food poisoning; can be used as a bioweapon
WiktionaryText
Noun
- Any of several rod-shaped bacteria, of the genus Salmonella, that cause food poisoning and other diseases
- The mayonnaise left in the sun at the picnic caused everyone there to come down with salmonella poisoning.