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Mirriam-Webster

symbiosis

  1. the living together in more or less intimate association or close union of two dissimilar organisms (as in parasitism or commensalism) especially MUTUALISM
  2. a cooperative relationship (as between two persons or groups)

Cambridge Dictionary

symbiosis

  1. a close connection between different types of organisms in which they live together and benefit from each other
  2. a relationship between two types of animal or plant in which each provides for the other the conditions necessary for its continued existence
  3. a relationship between people or organizations that depend on each other equally

Oxford Dictionary

symbiosis

  1. (biology) the relationship between two different living creatures that live close together and depend on each other in particular ways, each getting particular benefits from the other; The birds live in symbiosis with the cattle, picking insects from their skin to eat.
  2. ​a relationship between people, companies, etc. that is to the advantage of both; She imagined us living in a perfect mother and daughter symbiosis.

Mutualistic symbiosis: Relationship between organisms of different species, in which both organisms benefit from the association.

However, Mutualistic symbiosis is unsustainable in which either species exists in competition or conflict with the other.

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