ENGLISH DICTIONARY

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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