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Definition of Mycorrhiza
1. Noun. (biology) A symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Mycorrhiza
1. [n -ZAE or -ZAS]
Medical Definition of Mycorrhiza
1. A symbiotic relationship between plant root cells and fungi. (09 Oct 1997)
Lexicographical Neighbors of Mycorrhiza
Literary usage of Mycorrhiza
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Organography of Plants, Especially of the Archegoniata and Spermaphyta by Karl Goebel, Isaac Bayley Balfour (1905)
"(h) mycorrhiza. I pass over here the formation of mycorrhiza, as any account of
this would involve the description of a number of details of an anatomical ..."
2. Strasburger's Text-book of Botany by Eduard Strasburger, Hans Fitting (1921)
"A species of Podocarpus which has a mycorrhiza can a.lso utilise atmospheric
nitrogen. It is thus not improbable, though as yet unproved, ..."
3. The Eusporangiatae: The Comparative Morphology of the Ophioglossaceae and by Douglas Houghton Campbell (1911)
"The branching mycelium of the mycorrhiza was closely applied to the surface of
the cell and a haustorium was sent down through the cell wall into the basal ..."
4. Microbiology: A Text-book of Microörganisms, General and Applied by Charles E. Marshall (1921)
"mycorrhiza.—Apart from the so-called soil fungi, there exists another group known
as mycorrhizal fungi. These live symbiotically on the roots of the higher ..."
5. A Review of Dipterocarps: Taxonomy, Ecology, and Silviculture by Simmathiri Appanah, Jennifer M. Turnbull (1998)
"Dipterocarps and mycorrhiza - an ecological adaptation and a factor in forest
regeneration. Flora Malesiana Bulletin 36: 3926-3937. Smits, WTM 1987. ..."
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