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mycotrophy

mycotrophy noun: the attainment of nutrients through mycorrhizal networks.

Noun

mycotrophy (usually uncountable, plural mycotrophies)

  1. (usually) The attainment of nutrients through mycorrhizal networks.

Forms of mycotrophy

pluralmycotrophies

Origin of mycotrophy

From myco- + -trophy.

Questions about mycotrophy

What does mycotrophy mean?
Mycotrophy means the attainment of nutrients through mycorrhizal networks.
What part of speech is mycotrophy?
Mycotrophy is a noun.
What is the plural of mycotrophy?
The plural of mycotrophy is mycotrophies.

Words near mycotrophy in the dictionary

  1. mycotoxins
  2. mycotroph
  3. mycotrophic
  4. mycotrophically
  5. mycotrophs
  6. mycotrophy
  7. mycoviral
  8. mycovirology
  9. mycovirus
  10. mycoviruses
  11. mycoyltransferase

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