endophyte

Noun CEFR B2

Definitions

Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant.

Equivalents

Françaisendophyte

Русскийэндофи́т

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Nederlandsendofyt

Examples

“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.”

CEFR level

B2

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

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See also

endophyticity endophytism endopinacocyte endopinacocytes endopinacoderm endoplasm

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