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ambrosia fungus

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any of a large number of species of fungus that are symbionts of ambrosia beetles

Examples

“Some ambrosia fungi are only known from beetle galleries, and it is believed that those associations are obligate — the fungi cannot survive⟳ without the beetle farmers. Generations of closely related beetles farm generations of cloned ambrosia fungus.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

Ambrosial Ambrosially Ambrosian Ambrosian chant Ambrosias ambrosiate

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