endotrophic

[en-doh-trof-ik, -troh-fik]

adjective

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

Word History and Origins

Origin of endotrophic¹

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

Example Sentences

This is a perfect example of endotrophic root growth within the tiny, inadequate “green strip” and the curb and sidewalk.

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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.

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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!

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