See Also: JAMA(dictionary)
jama(dictionary)
jama(2)(dictionary)
jama(1)(dictionary)
coccus(dictionary)
Coccus(health)
coccus(encyclopedia)
Coccus(medicine)
Weichselbaum's coccus(medicine)
Neisser's coccus(medicine)

jama(2) (iou) and coccus (iou)


jama(2) (iou)



jama noun2. Also jumma. L18.
[Urdu jam(a) collection, amount, account from Arab. jama addition, total, aggregate.]
During British rule in India, the assessment for land revenue from an estate or division of country.
jamabundi (a document recording) the settlement of revenues.

coccus (iou)



coccus noun. . M18.
[mod. Latin from Greek kokkos grain, berry, seed.]
A scale insect, esp. any of those yielding cochineal, kermes, or lac. Now rare or obsolete. M18.
Botany. One of the separable carpels of a dry fruit. E19.
Any more or less spherical bacterium. L19.
coccal adjective of or pertaining to a (bacterial) coccus; of the Nature of or resembling a coccus: E20.
coccoid adjective of the Nature of or resembling a coccus (usu. a bacterial coccus) E20.