different between symbiosis vs mycotrophic

English

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ????????? (sumbí?sis, “living together”); synchronically, syn- +? -biosis.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /s?mba??o?s?s/, /s?mbi?o?s?s/
• Rhymes: -??s?s

Noun

symbiosis (plural symbioses)

1. A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.
   1. (ecology) A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species that normally benefits both members. An interspecies cooperation.
2. (biology) A close, prolonged association between two or more organisms of different species, regardless of benefit to the members.
3. (possibly obsolete) The state of people living together in a community.

Derived terms

• Symbionese
• symbiotic
• symbiology

Related terms

• semiosis
• symbiont
• symbiote

Translations

English

Etymology

myco- +? -trophic

Adjective

mycotrophic (comparative more mycotrophic, superlative most mycotrophic)

1. (botany) Describing any plant that obtains (all or some of) its nutrients through symbiosis with fungi

Related terms

• mycotroph
• mycotrophy

Derived terms

• holomycotrophic

Anagrams

• chromotypic, cormophytic, cytomorphic