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edaphophilic

edaphophilic adjective: that allocates more biomass to extraradical hyphae than to intraradical hyphae.

Adjective

edaphophilic (not comparable)

  1. (Of a fungus) that allocates more biomass to extraradical hyphae than to intraradical hyphae.

Questions about edaphophilic

What does edaphophilic mean?
Edaphophilic means that allocates more biomass to extraradical hyphae than to intraradical hyphae.
What part of speech is edaphophilic?
Edaphophilic is an adjective.

Words near edaphophilic in the dictionary

  1. edaphologist
  2. edaphologists
  3. edaphology
  4. edaphon
  5. edaphons
  6. edaphophilic
  7. edaphophyte
  8. edaphophytes
  9. edaphosaur
  10. edaphosaurid
  11. edaphosaurids

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