adjective
- relating to or characterized by mutualism; involving mutual benefit or cooperation between two organisms or parties
Usage: often used in biology
Examples
- The relationship between bees and flowers is mutualistic.
- Cleaner fish have a mutualistic relationship with larger fish.
- The two companies formed a mutualistic partnership.
- Mycorrhizal fungi form mutualistic associations with plant roots.
- The research focused on mutualistic interactions in coral reefs.
- Many flowering plants depend on mutualistic relationships with pollinators.