mycoplasm

noun

my·​co·​plasm

ˈmīkəˌplazəm

variants or less commonly mycoplasma

ˌ⸗⸗ˈplazmə 

: a hypothetical hibernating form of various fungi (as rusts) in which the fungus protoplasm is intimately fused with that of dormant structures (as seeds) of the host plant

Word History

Etymology

New Latin mycoplasma, from myc- + -plasma

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