Etymology

mycosymbiont

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Today it means: Any fungus that has a symbiotic relationship with a plant Full definition →

English symbiont ← Ancient Greek μῠ́κης (mŭ́kēs)
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  1. Ancient Greekμῠ́κης (mŭ́kēs)
  2. Englishmyco-
  3. Englishsymbiont
  4. English todaymycosymbiont

From myco- + symbiont.

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