endophyte
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
endo- (“inside”) + -phyte (“plant”)
Noun[edit]
endophyte (plural endophytes)
- Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant
- 2020, Merlin Sheldrake, Entangled Life, page 157:
- Take a grass from salty coastal soils, grow it without its fungal endophytes, and it won't be able to survive in its natural salty habitat.