holobiont
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English
14
Scrabble Score
9
Letters
2
Syllables
7
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
A host organism plus its associated microorganisms
Example Sentences
- "The variables we considered include solar irradiance and turbidity, which are relevant to the symbiont photosynthesis and yearly minimum temperature, representing potential limiting factors for the holobiont."
- "Some say we should be seen as a holobiont, a term that reflects the intimate, co-dependent relationship humans have with microbes."
- "Holobionts are the lichens of this world, the more-than-the-sums of parts."