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biodegradative

biodegradative adjective: causing or relating to biodegradation.

Adjective

biodegradative (comparative more biodegradative, superlative most biodegradative)

  1. Causing or relating to biodegradation.
    • In addition to its biodegradative role, this fungus also produces the primary sustenance for leaf-cutter ants in the form of nutrient-rich hyphal swellings called gongylidia, thereby converting recalcitrant plant polymers into nutrients readily available to its host ants.2015 August 29, “Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants”...

Forms of biodegradative

comparativemore biodegradative
superlativemost biodegradative

Origin of biodegradative

From bio- + degradative.

Questions about biodegradative

What does biodegradative mean?
Biodegradative means causing or relating to biodegradation.
What part of speech is biodegradative?
Biodegradative is an adjective.

Words near biodegradative in the dictionary

  1. biodegradable
  2. biodegradables
  3. biodegradably
  4. biodegradation
  5. biodegradations
  6. biodegradative
  7. biodegradatory
  8. biodegrade
  9. biodegraded
  10. biodegrader
  11. biodegraders

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