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rhizophilic

rhizophilic adjective: that allocates more biomass to intraradical hyphae than to extraradical hyphae.

Adjective

rhizophilic (not comparable)

  1. (Of a fungus) that allocates more biomass to intraradical hyphae than to extraradical hyphae.

Questions about rhizophilic

What does rhizophilic mean?
Rhizophilic means that allocates more biomass to intraradical hyphae than to extraradical hyphae.
What part of speech is rhizophilic?
Rhizophilic is an adjective.

Words near rhizophilic in the dictionary

  1. rhizopathies
  2. rhizopathy
  3. rhizopepsin
  4. rhizophagous
  5. rhizophagy
  6. rhizophilic
  7. rhizophilous
  8. rhizophoraceous
  9. rhizophore
  10. rhizophores
  11. rhizophorous

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