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From myco- + heterotrophy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Today it means: A symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis. Full definition →
From myco- + heterotrophy.
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.