endotrophic mycorrhiza

British

/ ˌɛndəʊˈtrɒfɪk /

noun

Also called: endomycorrhiza. arbuscular mycorrhiza. botany the most widespread and common type of mycorrhiza, in which the fungus lives within the cells of the roots of the plant Compare ectotrophic mycorrhiza

"Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged" 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

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

From Project Gutenberg

Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023