"epibiosis" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: epibioses [plural]
Etymology: epi- + -biosis Etymology templates: {{confix|en|epi|biosis}} epi- + -biosis Head templates: {{en-noun|~|epibioses}} epibiosis (countable and uncountable, plural epibioses)
  1. (biology) A relationship between two organisms, one of which lives or grows on the other, but is not parasitic on it Tags: countable, uncountable Categories (topical): Biology Related terms: epibiotic, epiphyte, epizoite Translations (Translations): Epibi­o­se [feminine] (German), epibiosi [feminine] (Italian)

Inflected forms

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