Synzoochorous

• Title

  Synzoochorous

• Definition

  A type of dispersal in which the diaspore is not ingested but is deliberately carried away from the parent plant by animals, mostly in their mouths, to eat in another place. Includes stomatochorous and dysozoochorous dispersal.

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