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- pronunciation:
- sIm
baI
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sihs
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sIm
bi
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sihs
- features:
- Word Combinations (noun), Word Parts
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noun |
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symbioses |
definition: |
a close association, usu. a mutually beneficial relationship, between two dissimilar organisms.
Algae and fungi sometimes live in symbiosis, with algae providing food that fungi can not make, and fungi providing algae with water they need to live. |
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derivations: |
symbiotic (adj.), symbiotically (adv.) |
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