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mycorrhiza

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A plant root formed in symbiosis with a fungus; the symbiosis between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: biology, botany, ecology, mycology, natural-sciences

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History

Etymology

From myco- + Ancient Greek ῥίζα (rhíza, “root”).

Across languages

Translations

27 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Belarusian: грыбакорань (hrybakóranʹ) — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Catalan: micoriza — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Czech: mykorhiza — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Danish: svamperod — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Danish: svamprod — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Dutch: zwamwortel — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Estonian: seenjuur — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Finnish: sienijuuri — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Finnish: mykorritsa — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • French: mycorhize — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • German: Pilzwurzel — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Hindi: कवकमूल (kavakmūl) — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Hungarian: gyökérkapcsoltságnak — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Icelandic: svepprót — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Indonesian: jamur akar — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Italian: micorriza — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Japanese: 菌根 (kinkon) — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Korean: 균근 (gyun'geun) — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: sopprot — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Polish: mikoryza — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Portuguese: micorriza — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Russian: микориза (mikoriza) — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Russian: грибокорень (gribokorenʹ) — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Slovene: gobakorenina — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Spanish: micorriza — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Swedish: svamprot — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant
  • Tamil: வேர்க்கவசக்கூட்டம் (vērkkavacakkūṭṭam) — symbiotic relationship between the mycelium of a fungus and the roots of a plant