n 1  cap  :  a genus of gram-positive nonmotile lactic-acid-forming bacteria of the family Lactobacillaceae including various commercially important lactic acid bacteria  2  pl  -li   :  any bacterium of the genus Lactobacillus .
 
 
 
Similar sounding terms:  Lac·to·bac·il·la·ce·ae 
 
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