mutualistic

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adjective

Mutually beneficial.

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Meanings

adjectivemutualistic (comparative more mutualistic, superlative most mutualistic)

comparative more mutualistic · superlative most mutualistic

  1. biologyMutually beneficial.

    Mutualistic relationships, such as those that give rise to lichens, or plants' relationships with mycorrhizal fungi, were curious exceptions to the rule—where they were acknowledged to exist at all.

    2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 234

Synonyms & antonyms

Also see
symbiotic

Origin

From mutual + -istic.

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Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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