myco-heterotrophy
See also: mycoheterotrophy
English
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[edit]Etymology
[edit]From myco- + heterotrophy.
Noun
[edit]myco-heterotrophy (uncountable)
- A symbiotic relationship between certain kinds of plants and fungi, in which the plant gets all or part of its food from parasitism upon fungi rather than from photosynthesis.