symbiotic
/ˌsɪmbɪˈɒtɪk/adjective Biology
1Involving interaction between two different organisms living in close physical association: the fungi form symbiotic associations with the roots of plant species...
- The relationship between host and parasite is essentially symbiotic.
- The nitrogen fixation process depends on a successful symbiotic relationship between a bacteria species and a host plant.
- These fungi form symbiotic associations with the roots of most plant species.
1.1Denoting a mutually beneficial relationship between different people or groups: the reader can have a symbiotic relationship with the writer...
- We have reached a perfect symbiotic relationship.
- The record, film and advertising industries have developed much more symbiotic relationships.
- The association seems to have been a symbiotic one, with each informing the other.
Derivatives
symbiotically
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- air course
- air cover
- aircraft
- aircraft carrier
- aircraft-carrying
- aircraft-grade
- aircraft hand
- aircraftman
- aircraft-style
- aircraftwoman
- aircrew
- air crossing
- air cure
- air-cured
- air curing
- air curtain
- air cushion
- air-cushioned
- air cushion vehicle
- air dam
- air-dammed
- air-dash
- air date
- air de cour
- air Derby