a fungus, or occasionally an alga or other organism, that lives within a plant
Derived forms
endophytic (ˌɛndəʊˈfɪtɪk)
adjective
endophytically (ˌendoˈphytically)
adverb
Examples of 'endophitic' in a sentence
endophitic
The endophitic oviposition occurs in the veins of the ventral surface of the young leaves.
Germano H. Rosado-Neto, Iracilda M. de Moura Lima 2002, 'Odontopus brevirostris (Hustache, 1936) (Coleoptera, Curculionidae) associated withnew host plants belonging to Annona (Annonaceae)', Revista Brasileira de Entomologiahttp://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0085-56262002000300009. Retrieved from DOAJ CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/legalcode)