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biotrophic

biotrophic adjective: describing a parasite or symbiont that needs its host in order to stay alive.

Adjective

biotrophic (comparative more biotrophic, superlative most biotrophic)

  1. Describing a parasite or symbiont that needs its host in order to stay alive.

Forms of biotrophic

comparativemore biotrophic
superlativemost biotrophic

Origin of biotrophic

From bio- + -trophic.

Words formed from biotrophic

Questions about biotrophic

What does biotrophic mean?
Biotrophic means describing a parasite or symbiont that needs its host in order to stay alive.
What part of speech is biotrophic?
Biotrophic is an adjective.

Words near biotrophic in the dictionary

  1. biotribological
  2. biotribology
  3. biotron
  4. biotrons
  5. biotroph
  6. biotrophic
  7. biotrophically
  8. biotrophism
  9. biotrophs
  10. biotrophy
  11. biotruth

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