myco-heterotrophy

See also: mycoheterotrophy

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

From myco- +‎ heterotrophy.

Noun

myco-heterotrophy (uncountable)

  1. A symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.
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