Definition of "mutualistic" []

• Mutually beneficial (adjective)

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• "The interaction between the ants and their fungus crop, and the ants and the bacteria is known as a mutualistic relationship."
• "(When a symbiotic relationship is good for the host, it is "mutualistic" and if it's bad for the host, then it deserves the label "parasitic".)"
• ""mutualistic," a huge cooperative, a mediate form between individualism and collectivism."