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noun
A bacterium that lives in symbiosis with a lichen thallus; a bacterial symbiont.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: dated, rare
Topics: biology, botany, lichenology, natural-sciences
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Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: symbiont
History
From schizo- + -biont.
