symbiosis
A relationship of mutual benefit, especially among different species.
Other meanings
The close and long-term relationship or interaction between two or more different species.
The close and long-term relationship or interaction between two or more different species in which all organisms benefit; mutualism.
Related words
- Symbionese
- contingent symbiosis
- symbiotic
- aposymbiosis
- asymbiosis
- chemosymbiosis
- ectosymbiosis
- endosymbiosis
- episymbiosis
- exosymbiosis
- parasymbiosis
- photosymbiosis
Example sentences
Word history
From Ancient Greek "συμβίωσις" (living together).
Where this comes from
This definition is adapted from “symbiosis” on Wiktionary, by its contributors; example sentences are from Tatoeba, credited to their authors above, published under CC BY-SA 4.0. This page is published under the same licence.