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arbutoid

arbutoid adjective: characteristic of the Arbutus genus; applied to a kind of mycorrhiza where the fungal hyphae form sheaths around the root tips.

Adjective

arbutoid (not comparable)

  1. Characteristic of the Arbutus genus; applied to a kind of mycorrhiza where the fungal hyphae form sheaths around the root tips.

Origin of arbutoid

From translingual Arbutus + -oid.

Questions about arbutoid

What does arbutoid mean?
Arbutoid means characteristic of the Arbutus genus; applied to a kind of mycorrhiza where the fungal hyphae form sheaths around the root tips.
What part of speech is arbutoid?
Arbutoid is an adjective.

Words near arbutoid in the dictionary

  1. Arbuthnott
  2. Arbuthnotts
  3. arbuti
  4. arbutin
  5. arbutinase
  6. arbutoid
  7. arbutus
  8. arbutuses
  9. Arbuzov reaction
  10. Arbëresh
  11. Arbëreshë

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