Mutualistic

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Mutually beneficial.

    "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."

Synonyms

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symbioticsymbiotic

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"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."

Etymology

From mutual + -istic.

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