hemibiotrophic

H4E1M3I1B3I1O1T1R1O1P3H4I1C3

adjective

Biotrophic in some circumstances, or some of the time.

Scrabble 28
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

adjectivehemibiotrophic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableBiotrophic in some circumstances, or some of the time.

    Hemibiotrophic fungi include those that infect living tissue, similar to biotrophs, but after an extended incubation period of days or weeks the infected tissue dies, within which the fungus now continues to develop as a saprotroph, usually resulting in sporulation.

    2007, Barbara J.E. Schulz, Microbial Root Endophytes, page 138

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
semibiotrophic

Origin

From hemi- + biotrophic or hemibiotroph + -ic.

Full word history & related roots →
Cite this entry
APA

hemibiotrophic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemibiotrophic

MLA

“hemibiotrophic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemibiotrophic. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “hemibiotrophic,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/hemibiotrophic.

Source: hemibiotrophic on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.