hemibiotrophic

English

Etymology

From hemi- +‎ biotrophic or hemibiotroph +‎ -ic.

Adjective

hemibiotrophic (not comparable)

1. Biotrophic in some circumstances, or some of the time.
   • 2007, Barbara J.E. Schulz, Microbial Root Endophytes, page 138:

     Hemibiotrophic fungi include those that infect living tissue, similar to biotrophs, but after an extended incubation period of days or weeks the infected tissue dies, within which the fungus now continues to develop as a saprotroph, usually resulting in sporulation.