Definitions

from The Century Dictionary.

  • Getting nourishment outside: in botany, said of fungi which envelop the roots of a plant without penetrating them.

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  • These fungi live in symbiosis with plants, growing on the surface of their roots (ectotrophic) or actually invading the hosts 'roots (endotrophic).

    unknown title 2009

  • These fungi live in symbiosis with plants, growing on the surface of their roots (ectotrophic) or actually invading the hosts 'roots (endotrophic).

    unknown title 2009

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