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myco-heterotroph

myco-heterotroph noun: a plant that gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.

Noun

myco-heterotroph (plural myco-heterotrophs)

  1. A plant that gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.

Forms of myco-heterotroph

pluralmyco-heterotrophs

Origin of myco-heterotroph

From myco- + heterotroph.

Words formed from myco-heterotroph

Questions about myco-heterotroph

What does myco-heterotroph mean?
Myco-heterotroph means a plant that gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.
What part of speech is myco-heterotroph?
Myco-heterotroph is a noun.
What is the plural of myco-heterotroph?
The plural of myco-heterotroph is myco-heterotrophs.

Words near myco-heterotroph in the dictionary

  1. mycina
  2. mycins
  3. myclobutanil
  4. myclozolin
  5. myco-
  6. myco-heterotroph
  7. myco-heterotrophic
  8. myco-heterotrophs
  9. myco-heterotrophy
  10. mycoacaricide
  11. mycoacaricides

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