symbiose

Etymology

Back-formation from symbiosis.

Verb

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.

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Noun

symbiose f (uncountable)

1. (ecology) symbiosis

Etymology

sym- +‎ -biose

Noun

symbiose f (plural symbioses)

1. symbiosis (relationship of mutual benefit)

Further reading

• “symbiose” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).