biotrophic

About 0.01 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. adjective Describing a parasite or symbiont that needs its host in order to stay alive.

Similar words

bitrophic hemibiotrophic idiobiont ectobiotic semibiotrophic bacteriophilous paratenic heterogonic mesogenic biotical

Often followed by

fungi pathogens parasites and phase pathogen fungal fungus symbioses plant