Meaning of wood-wide web | Babel Free

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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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