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endophytes

endophytes is the plural of endophyte.

Meaning of endophyte

Noun

endophyte (plural endophytes)

  1. Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant.
    • Take a grass from salty coastal soils, grow it without its fungal endophytes, and it won't be able to survive in its natural salty habitat.2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 157
    Synonyms:
    entophyte

Questions about endophytes

What is endophytes the plural of?
Endophytes is the plural of endophyte.

Words near endophytes in the dictionary

  1. endophthalmitides
  2. endophthalmitis
  3. endophyllous
  4. endophytal
  5. endophyte
  6. endophytes
  7. endophytic
  8. endophytical
  9. endophytically
  10. endophyticity
  11. endophytism

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