Definition of Endophyte

1. Noun. Any organism that lives inside another plant ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Endophyte

1. [n -S]

Medical Definition of Endophyte

1. A plant parasite living within another organism. Origin: endo-+ G. Phyton, plant (05 Mar 2000)

Lexicographical Neighbors of Endophyte

endophenotypes
endophenotypic
endophilin
endophlebitis
endophloeum
endophlum
endophora
endophoras
endophragma
endophragmal
endophthalmitis
endophthalmitis ophthalmia nodosa
endophthalmitis phacoanaphylactica
endophthalmodonesis
endophyllous
endophyte (current term)
endophytes
endophytic
endoplasm
endoplasma
endoplasmic
endoplasmic reticula
endoplasmic reticulum
endoplasmin
endoplasms
endoplast
endoplastic
endoplastica
endoplasts
endoplastule

Literary usage of Endophyte

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The American Naturalist by American Society of Naturalists, Essex Institute (1908)
"The structure of the mycelium and its general behavior are so much like those of the endophyte occurring in the strictly saprophytic gametophyte of the ..."

2. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"It is not clear what role the endophyte plays in the manufacture of the ... THE endophyte. The endophytic fungus which inhabits the gametophyte in all of ..."

3. IPM and Biological Control of Plant Pests: Field Crops: Bibliography January by DIANE Publishing Company (1995)
"Aphids did not select endophyte-free over endophyte-infected leaf sheaths and ... Similarly, the probing behavior of D. noxia on endophyte-free and infected ..."

4. Report of the Secretary of Agriculture by United States Dept. of Agriculture (1888)
"Young ovary inclosed by bracts and, like them, swollen by the presence of the endophyte; the style is strongly bent down on the inner side. Fio. 3. ..."

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