枯草菌

Reading

Kana: こそうきん

Romaji: kosoukin

Definition

noun

1

hay bacillus (Bacillus subtilis); grass bacillus

Kanji

枯

Readings: コ、 か.れる、 か.らす

Meanings: wither, die, dry up, be seasoned

草

Readings: ソウ、 くさ、 くさ-、 -ぐさ

Meanings: grass, weeds, herbs, pasture, write, draft

菌

Reading: キン

Meanings: germ, fungus, bacteria