monoxenic

English

Etymology

mono- +‎ xenic

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˌmɒnəʊˈzɛnɪk/, /ˌmɒnəʊˈziːnɪk/

Adjective

monoxenic (not comparable)

  1. (biology, of a culture) Containing a single unidentified organism
    • 2015 July 27, Helena S. Davies et al., “Radioactivity and the environment: technical approaches to understand the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal plants in radionuclide bioaccumulation”, in Frontiers in Plant Science‎, volume 6, →DOI:
      Furthermore, the use of R. irregularis in monoxenic cultures, often twinned with a model plant species, has dominated investigations.

Noun

monoxenic (plural monoxenics)

  1. Such an organism
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