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English
Etymology
Back-formation from symbiosis.
Verb
symbiose (third-person singular simple present symbioses, present participle symbiosing, simple past and past participle symbiosed)
- To take part in symbiosis.
1945, J. K. Wilson, The Symbiotic Performance of Isolates from Soybean with Species of Crotalaria and Certain Other Plants:One strain symbiosed with seventeen of the twenty-one species, whereas another symbiosed with only five.
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French symbiose, from Latin symbiosis.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌsɪm.biˈoː.zə/
- Hyphenation: sym‧bi‧o‧se
- Rhymes: -oːzə
Noun
symbiose f (uncountable)
- (ecology) symbiosis
Related terms
French
Etymology
From sym- + -biose.
Pronunciation
Noun
symbiose f (plural symbioses)
- symbiosis (relationship of mutual benefit)
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