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nutricism

nutricism noun: a form of symbiosis in which a fungus becomes the nurse and feeder of the other symbiont, as in Monotropa.

Noun

nutricism (uncountable)

  1. A form of symbiosis in which a fungus becomes the nurse and feeder of the other symbiont, as in Monotropa.

Questions about nutricism

What does nutricism mean?
Nutricism means a form of symbiosis in which a fungus becomes the nurse and feeder of the other symbiont, as in Monotropa.
What part of speech is nutricism?
Nutricism is a noun.

Words near nutricism in the dictionary

  1. nutrication
  2. nutriceutical
  3. nutriceuticals
  4. nutricial
  5. nutricious
  6. nutricism
  7. nutricline
  8. nutriclines
  9. nutricosmetic
  10. nutricosmetics
  11. nutrider

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