endophyte

About 0.06 uses per million words.

Meaning

1. noun Any organism (generally a bacterium, fungus or alga) that lives inside a plant.

Similar words

entophyte endophytism ectophyte endophyticity endosphere phytopathogen phytophile entomophyte phytobacterium exophyte

Often followed by

of infection in is and associations infected from on

Word family

endophytes endophytic