endophyte
English
Etymology
endo-
(
“
inside
”
)
+
-phyte
(
“
plant
”
)
Noun
endophyte
(
plural
endophytes
)
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.
Synonyms
entophyte
Related terms
endophytic
Translations
Translations
Dutch:
endofyt
(nl)
m
See also
endosymbiont
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