endophyte
Meanings
noun
- Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant.
Word forms
Etymology
From endo- (“inside”) + -phyte (“plant, growth”). The -phyte suffix refers to the microorganism, not the plant within which it grows.
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