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Definition of: mycorrhiza
(mī′kə·rī′zə) noun Bot.
A subterranean hyphal mass or mycelium often found on the roots of certain trees, especially of the oak, heath, and pine families. Also my′co·rhi′za. [<MYCO- + Gk. rhiza root]
—my′cor·rhi′zic adjective
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