biodegradative

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adjective

Causing or relating to biodegradation.

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Meanings

adjectivebiodegradative (comparative more biodegradative, superlative most biodegradative)

comparative more biodegradative · superlative most biodegradative

  1. Causing or relating to biodegradation.

    In addition to its biodegradative role, this fungus also produces the primary sustenance for leaf-cutter ants in the form of nutrient-rich hyphal swellings called gongylidia, thereby converting recalcitrant plant polymers into nutrients readily available to its host ants.

    2015 August 29, “Enrichment and Broad Representation of Plant Biomass-Degrading Enzymes in the Specialized Hyphal Swellings of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus, the Fungal Symbiont of Leaf-Cutter Ants”, in PLOS ONE, →DOI

Origin

From bio- + degradative.

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APA

biodegradative. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biodegradative

MLA

“biodegradative.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biodegradative. Accessed November 4, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “biodegradative,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/biodegradative.

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