symbiose

Back-formation from symbiosis.

symbiose (third-person singular simple present symbioses, present participle symbiosing, simple past and past participle symbiosed)

1. To take part in symbiosis.
   • 1945, J. K. Wilson, The Symbiotic Performance of Isolates from Soybean with Species of Crotalaria and Certain Other Plants

     One strain symbiosed with seventeen of the twenty-one species, whereas another symbiosed with only five.

Borrowed from French symbiose, from Latin symbiosis.

• IPA^(key): /ˌsɪm.biˈoː.zə/

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• Hyphenation: sym‧bi‧o‧se
• Rhymes: -oːzə

symbiose f (uncountable)

1. (ecology) symbiosis

• symbioot
• symbiotisch

sym- +‎ -biose

• IPA^(key): /sɛ̃.bjoz/

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symbiose f (plural symbioses)

1. symbiosis (relationship of mutual benefit)

• “symbiose”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.