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mycotrophic

adjective

Describing any plant that obtains (all or some of) its nutrients through symbiosis with fungi

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Meanings

adjectivemycotrophic (comparative more mycotrophic, superlative most mycotrophic)

comparative more mycotrophic · superlative most mycotrophic

biologyDescribing any plant that obtains (all or some of) its nutrients through symbiosis with fungi

Origin

From myco- + -trophic.

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Translations

Catalan microtròfic

microtròficobtaining one's nutrients through symbiosis with fungi

Italian micotrofico

micotroficoobtaining one's nutrients through symbiosis with fungi

Portuguese microtrófico

microtróficoobtaining one's nutrients through symbiosis with fungi

Spanish microtrófico

microtróficoobtaining one's nutrients through symbiosis with fungi

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with mycotrophic

catastrophic trophic strophic apostrophic Ariosophic craniosophic ectotrophic gymnosophic historiosophic neutrosophic nontrophic oxalotrophic pansophic symbiotrophic tritrophic

Anagrams

cormophytic chromotypic cytomorphic

Cite this entry

APA

mycotrophic. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycotrophic

MLA

“mycotrophic.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycotrophic. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “mycotrophic,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/mycotrophic.

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