mutualistic
- a word derived from mutualism.
Example Sentences
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This study opens new avenues for exploring the evolutionary history of other plant traits and their ecological impact, reinforcing the importance of mutualistic relationships in the natural world.
From Science Daily ● May 30, 2024
"Depending on the region, it has a different partner. Comamonadaceaeand its partners probably have some mutualistic metabolism, maybe sharing food."
From Science Daily ● Nov. 10, 2023
For example, as trees and mutualistic fungi work together, a larger proportion of heavy nitrogen isotopes are left in the fungi, as heavy isotopes are more difficult to move.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2023
Most flowers have a mutualistic pollinator, with the distinctive features of flowers reflecting the nature of the pollination agent.
From Textbooks ● Jan. 1, 2015
As the relations between ants and the various Homoptera have been regarded as mutualistic, it may be well to marshal the facts which seem to warrant this interpretation.
From Introduction to the Science of Sociology by Park, Robert Ezra
