• (n.) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.
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En'to·phyte noun [
Ento- + Greek ... a plant.]
(Medicine) A vegetable parasite subsisting in the interior of the body.
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Entophyte was originally a term first applied in the 19th century to minute plant-like organisms growing on or in living animals, or in the tissues of plants. They were believed to all belong to the orders Algae or Fungi. In many cases the growth of the plant appears to be a consequence of the diseased state of the structure, which, in this conditi...
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