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endotrophic

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[en-doh-trof-ik, -troh-fik] / ˌɛn doʊˈtrɒf ɪk, -ˈtroʊ fɪk /

adjective

  1. (of a mycorrhiza) growing inside the cells of the root.


Etymology

Origin of endotrophic

< German endotrophisch (1887); see endo-, -trophic

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As Macaulay would say, "every school boy knows" now that leguminous root nodules are endotrophic mycorrhiza,—but the Romans did not!

From Roman Farm Management The Treatises of Cato and Varro by Harrison, Fairfax

Fungal hyphae occur in the rhizoids and in the cells of the lower region of the thallus of many liverworts, as in the endotrophic mycorhiza of higher plants.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 4, Part 3 "Brescia" to "Bulgaria" by Various

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