Mutualistic
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Part of speech adjective
Quick meaning: Mutualistic is an adjective meaning (biology) Mutually beneficial.
Meaning
(biology) Mutually beneficial.
Example Sentences
Mutualistic relationships, such as those that give rise to lichens, or plants' relationships with mycorrhizal fungi, were curious exceptions to the rule—where they were acknowledged to exist at all.
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include symbioses, symbiotic, comimetic, phylosymbiotic, sociomicrobial, symbiontic.
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