photobiont

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English

Etymology

photo- +‎ -biont

Noun

photobiont (plural photobionts)

A photosynthetic symbiont, especially those in symbiosis with fungi in lichen.

Hyponyms

(photosynthetic symbiont): phycobiont (plants), cyanobiont (cyanobacteria)

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