wood-wide web

Definitions

Noun. [B2]

Examples

“While they work⟳ hard for us and for the environment, they also form⟳ a 'wood-wide web' of mutual communication and support⟳ through fungal interconnections.”

“When you next walk⟳ in the woods, consider⟳ that in the ground beneath your feet, the mycorrhizae of different plants have⟳ linked up to exchange⟳ nutrients, forming a wood-wide web that regulates the growth of the entire forest.”

“Other evidence suggests the existence of “wood-wide webs” in which forest trees are tied together into large networks by fungal hyphae connecting their roots.”

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