symbiogenesis

S1Y4M3B3I1O1G2E1N1E1S1I1S1

noun

The merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism.

Scrabble 21
Ask AI about this wordChatGPTClaudePerplexityGoogle AIGrok

Meanings

nounsymbiogenesis (countable and uncountable, plural symbiogeneses)

plural symbiogeneses

  1. countableuncountablebiologyThe merging of two separate organisms to form a single new organism.

Origin

From sym- + bio- + -genesis. Coined in German by the Russian lichenologist Konstantin Mereschkowski, in a 1910 paper entitled "Theorie der zwei Plasmaarten als Grundlage der Symbiogenesis, einer neuen Lehre von der Entstehung der Organismen."

Full word history & related roots →

Translations

Dutch symbiogenese
  • symbiogenesemerging of organisms to form a new organism
Esperanto simbiogenezo
  • simbiogenezomerging of organisms to form a new organism
German Symbiogenese
  • Symbiogenesemerging of organisms to form a new organism
Japanese シンビオジェネシス
  • シンビオジェネシスmerging of organisms to form a new organism
Norwegian symbiogenese
  • symbiogenesemerging of organisms to form a new organism
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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