endophyte

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Etymology

endo- (inside) + -phyte (plant)

Noun

endophyte (plural endophytes)

  1. Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant
    • 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 157:
      Take a grass from salty coastal soils, grow it without its fungal endophytes, and it won't be able to survive in its natural salty habitat.

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