myco-heterotrophy

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Etymology

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From myco- +‎ heterotrophy.

Noun

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myco-heterotrophy (uncountable)

  1. 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.