Word of the Day 12/15/23 Mycorrhiza

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Mycorrhiza (noun)
mycorrhiza or my·co·rhi·za [ mahy-kuh-rahy-zuh ]

noun, plural my·cor·rhi·zae [mahy-kuh-rahy-zee], my·cor·rhi·zas. Plant Pathology.
1. a symbiotic association of the mycelium of a fungus, especially a basidiomycete, with the roots of certain plants, in which the hyphae form a closely woven mass around the rootlets or penetrate the cells of the root.

Also called fungus root.

OTHER WORDS FROM MYCORRHIZA
my·cor·rhi·zal, my·co·rhi·zal, adjective

ORIGIN: First recorded in 1890–95; myco- + -rrhiza

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