endotrophic

[ en-doh-trof-ik, -troh-fik ]
/ ˌɛn doʊˈtrɒf ɪk, -ˈtroʊ fɪk /

adjective

(of a mycorrhiza) growing inside the cells of the root.

Origin of endotrophic

< German endotrophisch (1887); see endo-, -trophic