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monoxenic

/ˌmɒnəʊˈzɛnɪk/

monoxenic adjective: containing a single unidentified organism.

Adjective

monoxenic (not comparable)

  1. Containing a single unidentified organism
    • Furthermore, the use of R. irregularis in monoxenic cultures, often twinned with a model plant species, has dominated investigations.2015 July 27, Helena S. Davies et al., “Radioactivity and the environment: technical approaches to understand the role of arbuscular mycorrhizal plants in radionuclide bioaccumulation”, in Frontiers...

Noun

monoxenic (plural monoxenics)

  1. Such an organism

Forms of monoxenic

pluralmonoxenics

Origin of monoxenic

From mono- + xenic.

Questions about monoxenic

What does monoxenic mean?
Monoxenic means containing a single unidentified organism.
What part of speech is monoxenic?
Monoxenic can be an adjective or a noun.
How do you pronounce monoxenic?
Monoxenic is pronounced /ˌmɒnəʊˈzɛnɪk/.

Words near monoxenic in the dictionary

  1. monowheel tractors
  2. monowheels
  3. monowhite
  4. Monowi
  5. monoxamine
  6. monoxenic
  7. monoxenically
  8. monoxenics
  9. monoxenous
  10. monoxeny
  11. monoxerutin

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