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🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

内生生物

Pronunciation / Transliteration: nèi shēng shēng wù

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Endophyte/ˈɛn.də.faɪt/
nounCEFR C2 (Proficient)Top #45000 frequency
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"内生生物生活在植物组织内部而不引起明显的病害。"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    An endosymbiont, often a bacterium or fungus, that lives within a plant for at least part of its life cycle without causing apparent disease.

    "Researchers discovered a novel fungal endophyte that helps the host grass resist drought conditions."
  2. 2

    Any organism living within the body or tissues of another plant.

    "The interaction between the plant and its internal endophyte can significantly influence ecosystem dynamics."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from Modern Latin, combining the Greek roots 'endo-' meaning 'within' and 'phyton' meaning 'plant'. It entered scientific terminology in the late 19th century to describe microorganisms that live inside plant tissues without causing apparent disease.

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